Spence River

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Spence River
Data
location Tasmania , Australia
River system Gordon River
Drain over Gordon River  → Macquarie Harbor
source Western Plains
42 ° 25 '29 "  S , 145 ° 41' 35"  E
Source height 348  m
muzzle Gordon River east of Heritage Landing Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '4 "  S , 145 ° 38' 38"  E 42 ° 26 '4 "  S , 145 ° 38' 38"  E
Mouth height m
Height difference 341 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 20 km

The Spence River is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

The river has its source in the Western Plains on the western border of the Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park . It flows first to the northwest and then after about ten kilometers describes a narrow semicircle to the southwest and southeast. It then runs almost parallel to its upper course - only in the opposite direction - to the southeast and flows into the Gordon River about two and a half kilometers east of the Heritage Landing settlement .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map of Spence River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 58