Wye River (Swan River)

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Wye River
Data
location Tasmania ( Australia )
River system Swan River
Drain over Swan River  → Tasman Sea
source Big Peppermint Hill (Snowy Hill Forest Reserve)
42 ° 1 ′ 33 ″  S , 147 ° 51 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 617  m
muzzle Swan River south of Cranbrook Coordinates: 42 ° 3 ′ 54 "  S , 148 ° 4 ′ 33"  E 42 ° 3 ′ 54 "  S , 148 ° 4 ′ 33"  E
Mouth height 1  m
Height difference 616 m
Bottom slope 22 ‰
length 27.4 km
Right tributaries Rocky Rivulet, Giles Creek, O'Connors Rivulet

The Wye River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Tasmania .

geography

River course

The river rises on the western slopes of Big Peppermint Hill in the southwest corner of the Snowy Hill Forest Reserve , about 2.5 km east of Lake Leake and about 85 km southeast of Launceston . From there, the Wye River first flows southeast through the Wye River State Reserve . Then it turns its course to the east and flows into the Swan River about 7 km south of Cranbrook .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Rocky Rivulet - 127 m
  • Giles Creek - 81 m
  • O'Connor's Rivulet - 54 m

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Map of Wye River, TAS . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 59 + 61