Georgina River
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.
| Georgina | |
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Map of the Lake Eyre Basin showing Georgina River | |
| Etymology | Georgina, the daughter of Arthur Kennedy |
| 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) |
| Basin size | 232,000 km2 (90,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 22 m3/s (780 cu ft/s) |
| • 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 |
The river is named in honour of Georgina Mildred Kennedy, the daughter of Queensland governor Arthur Kennedy. 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.
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