Tamar River

Tamar River from Brady 's Lookout (near Exeter)

The Tamar River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Tasmania.

Geography

River

Its origins he takes in Launceston, where the North Esk River and South Esk River meet. He is about 65 km long and flows to the northwest. In Low Head near Georgetown it flows into Bass Strait.

Strictly speaking, it is the Tamar River to no river but an estuary, a transitional water at the mouth of a river to the open sea. In its entire length its water is saline and has tidal range.

Part of the wetlands, lagoons and islands along the Tamar River are now part of the Tamar River Conservation Area and is managed by the Tasmanian Environmental Protection Agency.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

  • South Esk River - 0 m
  • North Esk River - 0 m
  • Corniston Creek - 0 m
  • Banard Creek - 0 m
  • Lady Nelson Creek - 0 m
  • Symons Creek - 0 m
  • Muddy Creek - 0 m
  • Stony Brook - 0 m
  • Supply River - 0 m
  • Fourteen Mile Creek - 0 m
  • Anderson Creek - 0 m
  • Yorktown Rivulet - 0 m

Origin of the name

It is named after the eponymous river Tamar River, which flows just at a place called Launceston, on the border between the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.

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