Coleman River (Queensland)

This article is about the river in Queensland, Australia. For the river in Georgia, United States, see Coleman River.
Coleman
River
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland
Tributaries
 - right King River (Queensland), Lukin River
Source Great Dividing Range
Source confluence Little Coleman River and Big Coleman River
 - location under Lapunya Mount
 - elevation 229 m (751 ft)
Mouth Gulf of Carpentaria
 - location south of Pormpuraaw, Cape York
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 15°04′20″S 141°38′59″E / 15.07222°S 141.64972°E / -15.07222; 141.64972Coordinates: 15°04′20″S 141°38′59″E / 15.07222°S 141.64972°E / -15.07222; 141.64972
Location of Coleman River mouth in Queensland
[1]

The Coleman River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Course and features

Formed by the confluence of the Little Coleman River and Big Coleman River, the headwaters of the river rise under Lapunya Mount near The Lagoons in the Great Dividing Range and initially flows south. It flows past the Curlew Range and then turns west across the Boomerang Plain eventually discharging into the Gulf of Carpentaria between the mouth of the Mitchell River to the south and the settlement of Pormpuraaw to the north. From source to mouth, the Coleman River is joined by six tributaries including the King River and the Lukin River, and descends 234 metres (768 ft) over its 399-kilometre (248 mi) course.[1]

The catchment area occupies 12,862 square kilometres (4,966 sq mi) and contains no major towns, the Archer River drainage basin bounds the catchment to the north and the Mitchell River Catchment to the south[2] The river has a mean annual discharge of 520 gigalitres (1.8×1010 cu ft).[3]

A total of 46 species of fish have been found in the river, including the Sailfin glassfish, Barred Grunter, Shovel-nosed catfish, Bigeye Trevelly, Fly-specked hardyhead, Golden Gudgeon, Pennyfish, Mouth Almighty, Barramundi, Oxeye herring, Rainbowfish and Seven sopt Archerfish[4]

The river was named by the explorer William Hann in 1872.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Map of Coleman River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Coleman drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Coleman River sub-basin within the Mitchell - Gilbert Fans sub-bioregion". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coleman River catchment". Fish Atlas of North Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Coleman River (entry 7710)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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