| Flinders | |
|---|---|
 Looking downstream along the Flinders River while crossing on the Burke Developmental Road, 2019 | |
  Location of Flinders River mouth in Queensland | |
| Etymology | In honour of Matthew Flinders |
| Native name | Candarace (Yirandhali language)[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | North West Queensland, Gulf Country |
| Settlements | McKinlay, Hughenden, Richmond, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Burke and Wills Junction |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Burra Range, Great Dividing Range |
| • location | Reedy Springs |
| • elevation | 816 m (2,677 ft) |
| Mouth | Gulf of Carpentaria |
• location | west of Karumba |
• coordinates | 17°35′59″S 140°35′44″E / 17.59972°S 140.59556°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,004 km (624 mi) |
| Basin size | 109,000 km2 (42,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 122.2 m3/s (4,320 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 570.2 m3/s (20,140 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Cloncurry River, Corella River, Bynoe River |
| • right | Saxby River |
| [2] | |
The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia, at approximately 1,004 kilometres (624 mi).[3] It was named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders. The catchment is sparsely populated and mostly undeveloped. The Flinders rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in North West Queensland and flows generally north-west through the Gulf Country, across a large, flat clay pan, before entering the Gulf of Carpentaria.
- ^ Norman, W. H.; Landsborough, William; Walker, Frederick (1862), Exploration expedition: letter from Commander Norman reporting the return of the "Victoria" from the Gulf of Carpentaria : together with reports and correspondence., retrieved 6 June 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Map of Flinders River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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