Georgina River

Georgina
Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing Georgina River
Etymology	Georgina, the daughter of Arthur Kennedy[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State/territory	Queensland, Northern Territory
Region	Central West Queensland, Central Australia
City	Boulia
Physical characteristics
Source	Barkly Tableland
• location	north of Camooweal
Mouth	confluence with the Eyre Creek
• elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Length	1,130 km (700 mi)[2]
Basin size	232,000 km2 (90,000 sq mi)[3]
Discharge
• average	22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s)[3]
• minimum	0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)
• maximum	200 m3/s (7,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Lake Eyre basin
Tributaries
• left	Buckley River, Templeton River, Burke River, Hamilton River
• right	Herbert River (NT), Ranken River, Sandover River
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The Georgina River is the north-westernmost of the three major rivers of the Channel Country in Central West Queensland, that also flows through a portion of the Northern Territory, in central Australia. Part of the Lake Eyre basin, the Georgina flows in extremely wet years into Lake Eyre.

The river is named in honour of Georgina Mildred Kennedy, the daughter of Queensland governor Arthur Kennedy.^[1] The river was originally called the Herbert River before being given its current name in 1890 to avoid confusion with the other river in Queensland that bears that name.^[6]