Normanby River
Normanby East Normanby, West Normanby, East Normanby North Branch, East Normanby South Branch, Granite Normanby | |
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Wujal Wujal | |
• coordinates | 15°55′S 145°12′E / 15.917°S 145.200°E |
Source confluence | East and West Normanby Rivers |
• coordinates | 15°39′39″S 144°56′17″E / 15.66083°S 144.93806°E |
• elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
Mouth | Princess Charlotte Bay |
• location | Rinyirru National Park |
• coordinates | 14°23′47″S 144°08′37″E / 14.39639°S 144.14361°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 350 km (220 mi) |
Basin size | 24,408 km2 (9,424 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Princess Charlotte Bay |
• average | 390 m3/s (14,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Banana Creek (Queensland), Beardmore Creek, Cabbage Tree (Welcome) Creek, Laura River, Kennedy River |
• right | Nigger Creek (Queensland), Surrender Creek, Trapp Creek, Bridge Creek (Queensland), Jack River (Queensland), House Creek (Queensland) |
National park | Rinyirru National Park |
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The Normanby River, comprising the East Normanby River, the West Normanby River, the East Normanby River North Branch, the East Normanby River South Branch and the Granite Normanby River, is a river system in Far North Queensland, Australia.
This area is also referred to as the Norman-Laura Catchment and Norman Sub-Basin.[8]
Location and features
With its
The combined river system descends from a peak elevation of 622 metres (2,041 ft)
While one source considers the Normanby River system as the third largest river in Australia,
Environmental
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Together with the Laura River, the Normanby River system is the fourth largest river system in the Great Barrier Reef catchment, with the third largest mean annual discharge into the Reef.[12] Consequently almost all scientific research into the flow and hydrology of the Normanby basin has been done with the health of the reef rather than the river per se in mind.[13] The fact that the Normanby is completely free of dams means that Australian Government studies have used it as a model for the behaviour of rivers further south when they were in something closer to a virgin state.[citation needed]
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In 2016 the Queensland Government purchased Springvale Station, a 56,295-hectare (139,110-acre) property in Lakeland. Springvale Station was purchased to add to the state's protected area network and complement activities being taken to reduce sediment run-off entering the Normanby River catchment. The Erosion Management Plan will inform the future management planning and activities to be delivered on Springvale Station, as well as identifying potential investment and collaboration opportunities for erosion control on the property.[14][15][16]
Springvale Station Nature Refuge provides important habitat for endangered or vulnerable flora and fauna including the Cooktown orchid, ghost bat, northern quoll, red goshawk, spectacled flying-fox, spotted-tailed quoll, Semon's leaf nosed bat and large eared-horseshoe bat. There is no public access on the Nature Refuge.[14]
Industry
The small towns of
Etymology
The river was named by William Hann in September 1872 in honour of George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, who served as the third Governor of Queensland between 1871 and 1874.[1][20]
Indigenous language
See also
References
- ^ a b "Normanby River". Queensland place names search. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of Normanby River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of East Normanby River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of East Normanby River North Branch, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of East Normanby River South Branch, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of West Normanby River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of Granite Normanby River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Story Map Series". qgsp.maps.arcgis.com. Introduction. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Brown, John Alexander Henstridge (1983). Australia's Surface Water Resources. Canberra: Australian Government Publication Service.
- ^ "Longest rivers". Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Invasive plants — Cook Shire Council". www.cook.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Howley, Christina (2013). "Normanby River Water Quality: 2006-2013 Monitoring Results" (PDF). Cape York Water Quality. p. 2. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ISSN 2208-4096. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ a b The State of Queensland, Department of Environment and Science (7 July 2022). "Springvale Station Nature Refuge | Coastal catchment management". Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ One Search (2018). "Springvale Station erosion management plan". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) license.
- ^ Contributed. "Solution at hand for saving Great Barrier Reef". news.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Story Map Series". qgsp.maps.arcgis.com. Catchment overview. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Story Map Series". qgsp.maps.arcgis.com. Economic values, Physical features. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- Department of Environment and Science Queensland Government. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Jack, R. L. (1922). Northmost Australia. Vol. 2. Melbourne: George Robertson and Co. p. 410.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Guugu Yimithirr". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.