The Koolatong River is a river in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

, Australia. Rising in the

Mitchell Ranges Mitchell Ranges are a mountain range in Arnhem Land located approximately east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, of Australia. The Range is approximately long running from north to south with a width of approximately . Several peaks are foun ...

the river initially flows north then turns east across the uninhabited plains eventually discharging into the Saint Nicholas Inlet and the Blue Mud Bay then into the

Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary i ...

. The catchment occupies an area of and is situated between the

Buckingham River Buckingham River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia. The headwaters of the river are on the northern edge on the eastern side of the Mitchell Ranges near where the Central Arnhem Road crosses the Range. The river flows in a n ...

catchment to the north, the Walker River catchment to the south and the

Goyder River The Goyder River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia. Description The headwaters of the river rise at the base of the Mitchell Ranges and are fed by spring discharge from an extensive dolomite aquifer that supports areas of rai ...

catchment to the west. The river has a mean annual outflow of , The

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

formed at the river mouth is in near pristine condition. The

occupies an area of of open water. It is river dominated in nature with a tide dominated delta having a single channel and is surrounded by an area of covered with

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...

s. The

traditional owners Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have right ...

of the area are the Murngin also known as the Yolngu peoples.

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{{Rivers of the Northern Territory , state=collapsed Rivers of the Northern Territory Arnhem Land Gulf of Carpentaria

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