Shannon River (Ouse River)

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Shannon River
River Ouse
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Derwent River
Drain over Ouse River  → Derwent River  → Tasman Sea
source Great Lake (Central Plateau Conservation Area)
41 ° 53 ′ 42 ″  S , 146 ° 44 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height 1033  m
muzzle Ouse River in the Ouse Forest Reserve Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ′ 9 "  S , 146 ° 48 ′ 13"  E 42 ° 18 ′ 9 "  S , 146 ° 48 ′ 13"  E
Mouth height 264  m
Height difference 769 m
Bottom slope 11 ‰
length 68.1 km
Left tributaries Flagstaff Creek, Wihareja Creek, Ripple Creek, Blackburn Creek, Hunterston Rivulet
Right tributaries Synnots Creek
Flowing lakes Great Lake , Shannon Lagoon
Communities Miena, Shannon, Hermitage

The Shannon River is a river in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river arises in the Great Lake in the Central Plateau Conservation Area . From there it flows first to the south-southeast through the Shannon Lagoon , then along the Lake Highway (A5) and turns south of the Synnots Sugarloaf to the south-west. In the Ouse Forest Reserve flows into the Ouse River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Flagstaff Creek - 893 m
  • Wihareja Creek - 881 m
  • Ripple Creek - 854 m
  • Blackburn Creek - 583 m
  • Hunterston Rivulet - 510 m
  • Synnots Creek - 455 m

Flowing lakes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Shannon River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 59