This page discusses the
rivers and
hydrography of the
state of
Tasmania,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
In the
geography of Tasmania, the state is covered with a network of rivers and lake systems. As an island, all rivers eventually empty into the waters that surround Tasmania. There are four main river systems:
#In the south, the
Derwent flows from the
Central Highlands past
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, to the sea at
Storm Bay
The Storm Bay is a large bay in the south-east region of Tasmania, Australia.
The bay is the river mouth to the Derwent River estuary and serves as the main port of Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.
The bay is bordered by Bruny Island to ...
;
#In the west, the
Gordon River takes the waters of
Lake Gordon and
Lake Pedder and is joined by the
Franklin River before flowing into
Macquarie Harbour;
#Flowing eastwards and to the south, the
Huon River
The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia. At in length, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and empt ...
has its headwaters at
Scotts Peak Dam
The Scotts Peak Dam is a rockfill embankment dam without a spillway across the Huon River, located in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia.
The impounded reservoir, also formed with the Edgar Dam and the Serpentine Dam, is called Lak ...
on Lake Pedder, and reaches the sea in
D'Entrecasteaux Channel; and
#Flowing from the north-east, the
South Esk, the state's longest river, joins the
North Esk at
Launceston to create the
Tamar.
Compared to the rest of Australia, Tasmania has a very high proportion of
wild
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Common meanings
* Wild animal
* Wilderness, a wild natural environment
* Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamed
Art, media and entertainment Film and television
* ''Wild'' (2014 film), a 2014 A ...
or undisturbed rivers.
Catchment areas
Major catchments of Tasmania are linked to the major rivers, the most notable being the Derwent. Catchments by region are:
South west region
*
Gordon River
West coast region
*
Arthur River
*
Pieman River
The Pieman River is a major perennial river located in the west coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
Course and features
Formed by the confluence of the Mackintosh River and Murchison River, the Pieman River rises in what is now known as L ...
Major rivers
The following rivers are the longest river systems, by length.
River topography
Rivers that flow towards the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean
D'Entrecasteaux (Derwent) sub-catchment
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Tasman Sea
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D'Entrecasteaux Channel
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North West Bay
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Browns
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Derwent
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Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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Jordan
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Lachlan
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Plenty
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Styx
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*****Styx (South)
****Tyenna
*****Humboldt
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Clyde
****Jones
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Ouse
Ouse may refer to:
Places Rivers in England
* River Ouse, Yorkshire
* River Ouse, Sussex
* River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia
** River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse
Other places
* Ouse, Tasmania, a town in Au ...
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*****James
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Dee
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Broad
******Davis
****Repluse
****Florentine
*****Florentine (Little)
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Nive
*****Clarence
*****Pine
******Pine (Little)
*****Little
****Counsel
****Navarre
*****Navarre (Little)
****Travellers Rest
****Narcissus
****Cuvier
D'Entrecasteaux (Huon) sub-catchment
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Tasman Sea
**
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
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Carlton
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People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy
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Huon
****''Crookes Rivulet''
*****Kermandie
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Mountain
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Little Denison
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Russell
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People
* Russell (given name)
* Russell (surname)
* Lady Russell (disambiguation)
* Lord Russell (disambiguation)
Places Australia
*Russell, Australian Capital Territory
*Russell Island, Queensland (disambiguation)
**Ru ...
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Arve
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Weld
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Snake
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Picton
*****Roberts
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Cracroft
*****Cracroft (South)
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Anne
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Ringarooma
Ringarooma is a small town in north-eastern Tasmania. It is located just east of the Ringarooma River and is about south-west from Derby and east-northeast from Launceston. The area around Ringarooma is known for Dairy farming and timber harve ...
***Wyniford
***Weld
****Frome
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Cascade
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Science and technology Science
*Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls
* Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex)
* Cascade (grape), a type of fruit
* Bioc ...
***Dorset
****New
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Maurice
****Maurice (South)
Rivers with no defined sub-catchment
*
Tasman Sea
**Ansons
***Last
**
Apsley
**Buxton
**Catamaran
**Coal
**D'Entrecasteaux
**Douglas
**Esperance
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George
***Groom
****Ransom
***George (North)
***George (South)
**
Lune
**Meredith
**North West Bay
**Prosser
***Sand
****Back
***Bluff
**Scamander
***Avenue
**Snug
**Stony
**Swan
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Wye
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Cygnet
****Brushy
***Swan (West)
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Swanport (Little)
**
Welcome
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Harcus
Rivers that flow towards the Southern Ocean
GordonFranklin sub-catchment
*
Southern Ocean
**
Gordon
***
Spence
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Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
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Jane
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* Jane (given name), a feminine given name
* Jane (surname), related to the given name
Film and television
* ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd
* ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...
*****Acheron
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Andrew
*****Wright
*****Looker
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Loddon Loddon may refer to:
*Loddon, Norfolk in England, UK
*Shire of Loddon in Victoria, Australia (since 1995)
**Bridgewater On Loddon, Victoria in Australia
*River Loddon, flows into the River Thames near Reading
*Loddon River, flows north from south of ...
*****Adelaide
*****Loddon (South)
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Lucan
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Collingwood
*****Patons
*****Balaclava
*****Inkerman
*****Alma
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Surprise
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Sprent
****Percy
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Olga
Olga may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
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Denison
****Maxwell
****Firths
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Smith
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Orange
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Albert
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Serpentine
Serpentine may refer to:
Shapes
* Serpentine shape, a shape resembling a serpent
* Serpentine curve, a mathematical curve
* Serpentine, a type of riding figure
Science and nature
* Serpentine subgroup, a group of minerals
* Serpentinite, a ...
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Adams
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Holley
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Pokana
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Wedge
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Boyd
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Boyes Boyes is a family name and may refer to:
;People
* Adam Boyes (footballer) (born 1990), English semi-professional footballer
* Barbara Boyes (c.1932–1981), American statistician
* Brad Boyes (born 1982), American ice hockey player
* Brian Barrat ...
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Gell
Pieman River sub-catchment
*
Southern Ocean
**
Pieman
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Donaldson
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****Toner
****Donaldson (Little)
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Whyte
Whyte may refer to:
*Whyte (surname), a family name
* Whyte, West Virginia
* Whyte Chemicals, a manufacturer and distributor
*Whyte notation
Whyte notation is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locom ...
****Heazlewood
****Rocky
****Castray
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Savage
Savage may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Savage Glacier, Ellsworth Land
* Savage Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Savage Ridge, Victoria Land
United States
* Savage, Maryland, an unincorporated community
* Savage, Minnesota, a city
* Savage, Mi ...
****Savage (Little)
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Owen Meredith
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Paradise
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Heemskirk
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Stanley
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Huskisson
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He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casu ...
****Ramsay
****Que
*****Bulgobac
****Coldstream
****Hatfield
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Stitt
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Wilson
Wilson may refer to:
People
* Wilson (name)
** List of people with given name Wilson
** List of people with surname Wilson
* Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender
* Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Ro ...
****Alfred
****Harman
****Wilson (Little)
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Ring
Ring may refer to:
* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
:(hence) to initiate a telephone connection
Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...
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Marionoak
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Murchison
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Anthony
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Bluff
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Achilles
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Wallace
Wallace may refer to:
People
* Clan Wallace in Scotland
* Wallace (given name)
* Wallace (surname)
* Wallace (footballer, born 1986), full name Wallace Fernando Pereira, Brazilian football left-back
* Wallace (footballer, born 1987), full name ...
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Mackintosh
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Sophia
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*Sophia (wisdom)
*Sophia (Gnosticism)
*Sophia (given name)
Places
*Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu
*Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana
*Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ...
*****Brougham
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Southwell
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Fury
****''Mackintosh''
*****Vale
Davey River sub-catchment
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Southern Ocean
**
Davey
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De Witt
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Crossing
****Dodds
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Hardwood
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Frankland (south-west)
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Lora
Henty River sub-catchment
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Southern Ocean
**
Henty
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Badger
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Yolande
****Langdon
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Tully
****Tully (Little)
King River sub-catchment
*
Southern Ocean
**
King
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Queen
****''Thomas Currie''
*****Garfield
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Princess
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Nelson
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Governor
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Tofft
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Eldon (South)
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Eldon
Old River sub-catchment
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Southern Ocean
**
Old
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
***Collins
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Solly
****Watts
Wanderer River sub-catchment
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Southern Ocean
**
Wanderer
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Conder
****Hales
Rivers with no defined sub-catchment
*
Southern Ocean
** Birchs
** Bird
*** Nora
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Braddon
**Clark
**Daisy
**Dawson
**Giblin
**Henty (Little)
***Dundas
**Hibbs
**Interview
**Italian
**Lagoon
**Lewis
***Hudson
**Louisa
**Mainwaring
**Manuka
**Modder
**Mulcahy
**Nelson Bay
**New
***Salisbury
**Nielson
**Pedder
***Pedder (North)
**North
**Ray
**Rocky (Little)
**
Sorell
***Pockacker
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*Anthony Spero (1929-2008), American criminal
*David Spero (born 1951), American DJ and music manager
*Deborah Spero, American law enforcement official
*Donald Spero (born 1939), American ...
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Pery Pery may refer to:
People Associated with the Earldom of Limerick
* William Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth (1721–1794), Anglican Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
* Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick, politician, fervent unionist
* William Per ...
**Spring
** Tasman
** Thornton
*** McLeod
** Urquhart
** Wild Wave
Rivers that flow north, towards Bass Strait
EskTamar catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Tamar
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Supply
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Esk (South)
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Meander
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Liffey
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Macquarie Macquarie may refer to: People
* Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.
* Elizabeth Macquarie Campbell, Lachlan Macquarie's second wife
Locations
* Division of Macquarie, an electoral district in th ...
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Lake
******Lake (Upper)
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Isis
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Elizabeth
******Snowy
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Blackman
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Tooms
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Nile
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St Pauls
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Dukes
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Break O'Day
Break O'Day Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated in the northern part of the state's east coast. Break O'Day is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 6,770, the major towns of the region includ ...
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Tyne Tyne may refer to:
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* River Tyne, England
*Port of Tyne, the commercial docks in and around the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England
*River Tyne, Scotland
* River Tyne, a tributary of the South Esk River, Tasmania, Australia
Peop ...
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Esk (North)
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St Patricks
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Ford
Arthur River sub-catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Arthur
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Frankland (north-west)
****Horton
*****Grane
****Lindsay
*****Leigh
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Salmon
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Julius
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Rapid
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...
****Rapid (Little)
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Lyons
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of th ...
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Keith
Keith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Keith (surname)
* Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949)
* Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
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Hellyer
****Wey
****Fossey
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Wandle
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Waratah
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Blythe The name Blythe ( or ) derives from Old English ''bliþe'' ("joyous, kind, cheerful, pleasant"; modern ''blithe''), and further back from Proto-Germanic ''*blithiz'' ("gentle, kind").
People
* Blythe (given name), including a list of people named ...
Inglis River sub-catchment
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Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Inglis
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Flowerdale
****Hebe
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Calder
***Jessie
***Rattler
Forth River sub-catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Forth
Forth or FORTH may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''forth'' magazine, an Internet magazine
* ''Forth'' (album), by The Verve, 2008
* ''Forth'', a 2011 album by Proto-Kaw
* Radio Forth, a group of independent local radio stations in Scotla ...
*** Wilmont
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Lea
***** Fall
**** Iris
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Dove
**** Campbell
*** Hansons
Mersey River sub-catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Mersey
*** Dasher
**** Minnow
*** Fisher
**** Fisher (Little)
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Arm
*** Fish
Cam River sub-catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Cam
***Guide
***Cam (East)
***St Marys
****St Josephs
Rivers with no defined sub-catchment
*
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
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Bird
***Bird (Little)
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Black
*** Dip
**Boobyalla
***Boobyalla (Little)
**Curries
**Detention
***Alarm
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Don
** Duck
***Roger
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Emu
The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius''. The emu' ...
***Old Park
***Pet
****Darling
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Forester (Great)
***Arnon
**Forester (Little)
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Leven
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Gawler
****Gawler (East)
****Gawler (West)
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Medway
Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for ...
**Montagu
**Musselroe (Great)
**Musselroe (Little)
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Pipers
***Second
**Pipers (Little)
**
Rubicon
**Tomahawk
See also
*
List of rivers of Tasmania
References
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Lists of landforms of Tasmania