The Davey River is a
perennial river
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located in the
south-west
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region of
Tasmania
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, Australia.
Course and features
The Davey River rises on the western slopes of the
Frankland Range
The Frankland Range is a mountain range that is located in the south-west region of Tasmania, Australia. The range forms part of a natural south-western border to the impounded Lake Pedder, formed by the damming of the Serpentine and Huon r ...
, below Coronation Peak, and flows generally south by west through the
Southwest National Park
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, joined by ten
tributaries
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including the
Lora
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As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either El ...
,
Frankland,
Hardwood
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,
Crossing, and
De Witt rivers. The river reaches its
mouth
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in Payne Bay, an inner part of
Port Davey
Port Davey is an oceanic inlet located in the south west region of Tasmania, Australia.
Port Davey was named in honour of Thomas Davey, a former Governor of Tasmania. Port Davey is contained within the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Natu ...
, and empties out into the
Southern Ocean
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. The river descends over its
course.
[
A section of the lower Davey River gorge is known as Hells Gates,]Macquarie Harbour
Macquarie Harbour is a shallow fjord in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. It is approximately , and has an average depth of , with deeper places up to . It is navigable by shallow-draft vessels. The main channel is kept clear by the ...
which has an entrance by the same name - Hells Gates.
See also
* Rivers of Tasmania
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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
Further reading
*
* Gee, H and Fenton, J. (Eds) (1978) ''The South West Book
''The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness'' is a book published by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 1978 during concern following the damming of Lake Pedder in Tasmania.
It was edited by Helen Gee and Janet Fenton with assistance ...
- A Tasmanian Wilderness'' Melbourne, Australian Conservation Foundation
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One high-profil ...
.
* Neilson, D. (1975) ''South West Tasmania - A land of the Wild''. Adelaide. Rigby.
* Waterman, Peter (editor) (1981) ''Davey River catchment'' Sandy Bay, Tas. : Steering Committee, South West Tasmania Resources Survey. Working paper (South West Tasmania Resources Survey) ; no. 20.
External links
Palaeozoic Rocks of the Davey River, South-West Tasmania
Rivers of Tasmania
South West Tasmania
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