Victoria River (Northern Territory)
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For other places with the same name, see Victoria River.
The Victoria River is a river in the bioregion of Victoria Bonaparte in the Northern Territory of Australia. It flows for 560 kilometres (350 mi) from its source south of the Judbarra / Gregory National Park to the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the Timor Sea.
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Victoria River | |
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Etymology | Queen Victoria[1] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | Northern Territory |
Region | Victoria Bonaparte (IBRA) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Farquharson |
• coordinates | 17°28′16.1436″S 130°49′39.6048″E |
• elevation | 364 m (1,194 ft) |
Mouth | Joseph Bonaparte Gulf |
• coordinates | 14°56′50″S 129°33′15″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 560 km (350 mi) |
Basin size | 87,900 km2 (33,900 sq mi) to 99,412.5 km2 (38,383.4 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1971–2000)345.7 m3/s (10,910 GL/a)[2] 158.4 m3/s (5,590 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Victoria River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Wickham, Baines, Bullo |
• right | Camfield, Angalarri |
National park | Judbarra / Gregory NP |
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