Herbert River

Herbert
Blencoe Creek flowing over Blencoe Falls into the Herbert River gorge, 2006
Herbert River is located in Queensland
Herbert River
Location of Herbert River river mouth in Queensland
EtymologyRobert Herbert[1]
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionFar North Queensland, Wet Tropics of Queensland
CityIngham
Physical characteristics
SourceAtherton Tableland, Great Dividing Range
Source confluenceMillstream and Wild River
 • coordinates17°41′50″S 145°15′49″E / 17.69722°S 145.26361°E / -17.69722; 145.26361
 • elevation642 m (2,106 ft)
MouthCoral Sea
 • location
Hinchinbrook Channel
 • coordinates
18°32′16″S 146°17′21″E / 18.53778°S 146.28917°E / -18.53778; 146.28917
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length288 km (179 mi)
Basin size10,130 km2 (3,910 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average4,330,000 ML/a (137 m3/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBlunder Creek, Sunday Creek (Queensland), Cameron Creek (Queensland), Blencoe Creek, Smoko Creek, Yamanie Creek, Gowrie Creek, Elphinstone Creek
 • rightBattle Creek (Queensland), Nettle Creek (Queensland), Nanyeta (Return) Creek, Rudd Creek, Flaggy Creek, Stony Creek (Queensland), Stone River
WaterfallsHerbert River Falls, Blencoe Falls, Millstream Falls
[3]

The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert George Wyndham Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Herbert River Place name details (entry 15762)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Herbert River". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Map of Herbert River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2015.