Roper River

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The Roper River is a river in the north of the Australian Territory Northern Territory. Ludwig Leichhardt called it in October 1845 John Roper, a member of his first Australia Expedition 1844-1845.

Geography

River

The Roper River arises in Elsey National Park near the town of Mataranka from the confluence of the Waterhouse River and Roper Creek and ends after 400 km in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The river is navigable for a distance of about 145 km from the tidal limit at the ford in Roper Bar

The Roper River is a part of the southern border of Arnhem Land, and also represents the northern border of Limmen National Park dar.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

  • Roper Creek - 126 m
  • Waterhouse River - 126 m
  • Elsey Creek - 107 m
  • Chambers River - 94 m
  • Strangways River - 62 m
  • Pack Saddle Creek - 49 m
  • Maiwok Creek - 45 m
  • Flying Fox Creek - 35 m
  • Fizzer Creek - 30 m
  • Jalboi River - 24 m
  • Sandy Creek - 22 m
  • Sherwin Creek - 16 m
  • Hodgson River - 12 m
  • Wilton River - 9 m
  • Mountain Creek - 6 m
  • Walmudga Creek - 5 m
  • Phelp River - 1 m
  • Painnylatya Creek - 0 m

Flushed lakes

  • Red Lily Lagoon - 104 m
  • Bulbul Waterhole - 93 m
  • Gambana Waterhole - 39 m

Climate

The temperatures reached in Ngukurr (position ) -14.73134.7310 its maximum in the months of November and December, with mean maxima of 38.9 ° C or 37.8 ° C and average minimum of 24.9 ° C and 25.4 ° C. The coldest month is July with an average maximum of 29.6 ° C and an average minimum of 15.1 ° C.

The annual rainfall is an average of 816 mm, in which case strong differences occur during the year: In the wettest month, January, falling 184 mm, the driest month, August, only 0.7 mm.

Flora

Along the Roper River provide eucalyptus forests the dominant vegetation type dar.

In a survey was in 1983 at the Farm St. Vidgeon station, 65 km east of Roper Bar, near the river, inter alia, following dominant species found. Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Melaleuca spp, Cathormion umbellatum, Barringtonia acutangula and Atalaya hemiglauca.

Elsey-Nationalpark Mataranka, Northern Territory Limmen-Nationalpark Municipality
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