The Meander River is a major
perennial river
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located in the
central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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northern region of
Tasmania
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, Australia. Until the founding of
Westbury in the early 1820s the river was known as The Western River.
Location and features
The Meander River rises in the
Great Western Tiers
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The bluffs stretch n ...
and flows past its namesake town,
Meander
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, through the major regional town of
Deloraine, then eastward, where it flows into the
South Esk River
The South Esk River, the longest river in Tasmania, is a major perennial river located in the northern region of Tasmania, Australia.
Location and features
The South Esk springs from the eastern foothills of the Ben Lomond plateau near Mathinn ...
near
Hadspen
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.
From source to mouth, the river is joined by fourteen
tributaries
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including the
Liffey River
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and descends over its
course
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.
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The damming of the river in 2007 created the artificial reservoir ]Lake Huntsman
Lake Huntsman is an artificial lake created in 2007 in Tasmania, Australia, with the construction of the Meander Dam, which backed up the waters of the Upper Meander River and the various creeks and rivulets that flowed into it from the Great We ...
. The Meander Hydro Dam
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
provides both electricity and water to the region, and is the second dam on the Meander River.
Recreation
The Meander is a popular trout fishing stream holding brown trout
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. The World Fly Fishing Championships
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organized by the International Confederation of Sport Fishing has selected the Meander as one its venues for the 2019 championships to be held in Tasmania.
See also
* Rivers of Tasmania
This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of Tasmania, Australia.
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 sur ...
References
External links
Rivers of Tasmania
Central Highlands (Tasmania)
Meander Valley Council
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