The Browns River is a

perennial river A perennial stream is a stream that has continuous flow of surface water throughout the year in at least parts of its catchment during seasons of normal rainfall, Water Supply Paper 494. as opposed to one whose flow is intermittent. In the abs ...

located on the east coast of

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, Australia.

Course and features

The river rises near Neika and flows generally east towards Kingston, where it empties into Halfmoon Bay within the

D'Entrecasteaux Channel The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman S ...

that also forms part of the Derwent estuary. The river descends over its course. The river was known to the indigenous people of the area as ''promenalinah''. The river was named after botanist Robert Brown who collected samples in the area in 1804. When it was settled in 1808, the area adjacent to the river was also called Browns River. The locality was renamed "Kingston" in 1851.

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Rivers of Hobart Rivers of Tasmania {{Tasmania-river-stub

Course and features

See also

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