Georgina River
River in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Georgina River is the north-westernmost of the three major rivers of the Channel Country in Central West Queensland, that also flows through a portion of the Northern Territory, in central Australia. Part of the Lake Eyre basin, the Georgina flows in extremely wet years into Lake Eyre.
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Georgina | |
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Etymology | Georgina, the daughter of Arthur Kennedy[1] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State/territory | Queensland, Northern Territory |
Region | Central West Queensland, Central Australia |
City | Boulia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Barkly Tableland |
• location | north of Camooweal |
Mouth | confluence with the Eyre Creek |
• elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
Length | 1,130 km (700 mi)[2] |
Basin size | 232,000 km2 (90,000 sq mi)[3] |
Discharge | |
• average | 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s)[3] |
• minimum | 0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 200 m3/s (7,100 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Lake Eyre basin |
Tributaries | |
• left | Buckley River, Templeton River, Burke River, Hamilton River |
• right | Herbert River (NT), Ranken River, Sandover River |
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The river is named in honour of Georgina Mildred Kennedy, the daughter of Queensland governor Arthur Kennedy.[1] The river was originally called the Herbert River before being given its current name in 1890 to avoid confusion with the other river in Queensland that bears that name.[6]