Normanby River
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The Normanby River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the region of Far North Queensland on the Cape York Peninsula, located on the border of the humid tropics and mainly flows in a north - north-westerly direction through the seasonal flooded savannas of Princess Charlotte Bay. The river was named after the Marquess of Normanby, who was between 1871-1874 Governor of Queensland, named.
Geography
River
The river arises about 5 km west of Mount Macdonald and around 50 km south-west of Cooktown at the confluence of the East Normanby River Normanby River to the West. It flows north, crosses under the Mulligan Highway and follows the ' Battle Camp Range '' on its east side. East of the town Battlecamp he turns his course to the west and enters the Lakefield National Park. Shortly after the opening of the Laura River it bends to the north, passes through the National Park and flows about 25 km east of Aloszville (where the North Kennedy River flows ) in the Princess Charlotte Bay, and thus in the Coral Sea.
Tributaries with muzzle heights
- East Normanby River - 125 m
- West Normanby River - 125 m
- Banana Creek - 122 m
- Deep Creek - 118 m
- Nigger Creek - 115 m
- Beardmore Creek - 104 m
- Troopers Creek - 97 m
- Puckey Creek - 92 m
- Clayhole Creek - 90 m
- Trap Creek - 88 m
- Bull Creek - 86 m
- Bridge Creek - 79 m
- Battle Creek Camp - 78 m
- Cabbage Tree Creek (Welcome Creek ) - 62 m
- Brown Creek - 61 m
- Laura River - 58 m
- Jack River - 33 m
- Kennedy River - 26 m
Hydrology
The Normanby River is probably the largest river, which flows on the east coast of Australia. Of all the rivers of Australia he is in the abundance of water in third place, even though he only less than half as much water results like the Murray River or the Mitchell River. The water level data, however, are few and far between; only less than one third of the catchment area was ever measured. The Normanby River is the largest river that flows behind the Great Barrier Reef, and so almost all data were collected over water levels and hydrology of its catchment area for the purpose of Riffschutzes and not as an end in itself.
The fact that the Normanby River and its tributaries are not regulated, resulted in the river system of the Australian Government was further south as a model for the initial state of the rivers.
Agriculture
The basin of the Normanby River serves almost entirely as a grazing ground for cattle production in large farms which are operated mainly by the Aborigines. The livestock density is very low and so are the rents. The soils - mainly old lateritic Orthente - are for the cultivation of sugar cane - totally unsuitable - the most important agricultural product in the tropics of Australia.
Country nature and tourism
The main attraction in the catchment area of the Normanby River is the Lakefield National Park, the whole 20 % of the catchment area covered. In the rainy season from November to May, he is completely impassable. The park protects large wetlands with many species of fish. Near its mouth, the flow rate of the river is very low and it forms a large delta, which is almost inaccessible even in the dry season, because there are no roads, not even dirt. However, the country is so dry in the dry season, that no tropical rain forests to grow.