Normanby East Normanby, West Normanby, East Normanby North Branch, East Normanby South Branch, Granite Normanby | |
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Location of Normanby River river mouth in Queensland | |
Etymology | In honour of George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby[1] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | Queensland |
Region | Far North Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Wet Tropics of Queensland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Great Dividing Range |
• location | west of Wujal Wujal |
• coordinates | 15°55′S 145°12′E / 15.917°S 145.200°E |
Source confluence | East and West Normanby Rivers |
• coordinates | 15°39′39″S 144°56′17″E / 15.66083°S 144.93806°E |
• elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
Mouth | Princess Charlotte Bay |
• location | Rinyirru National Park |
• coordinates | 14°23′47″S 144°08′37″E / 14.39639°S 144.14361°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 350 km (220 mi) |
Basin size | 24,408 km2 (9,424 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Princess Charlotte Bay |
• average | 390 m3/s (14,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Banana Creek (Queensland), Beardmore Creek, Cabbage Tree (Welcome) Creek, Laura River, Kennedy River |
• right | Nigger Creek (Queensland), Surrender Creek, Trapp Creek, Bridge Creek (Queensland), Jack River (Queensland), House Creek (Queensland) |
National park | Rinyirru National Park |
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The Normanby River, comprising the East Normanby River, the West Normanby River, the East Normanby River North Branch, the East Normanby River South Branch and the Granite Normanby River, is a river system in Far North Queensland, Australia.
This area is also referred to as the Norman-Laura Catchment and Norman Sub-Basin.[8]
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