Ducie River

Ducie
River
Name origin: In honour of the Earl of Ducie[1]
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland
Tributaries
 - right Dulhunty River
Source Richardson Range, Great Dividing Range
Source confluence Palm Creek and South Palm Creek
 - location west of Bramwell Roadhouse
 - elevation 30 m (98 ft)
 - coordinates 12°06′47″S 142°25′08″E / 12.11306°S 142.41889°E / -12.11306; 142.41889
Mouth Gulf of Carpentaria
 - location Port Musgrave
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 12°03′S 142°01′E / 12.050°S 142.017°E / -12.050; 142.017Coordinates: 12°03′S 142°01′E / 12.050°S 142.017°E / -12.050; 142.017
Length 69 km (43 mi)
Basin 6,746 km2 (2,605 sq mi)
Location of Ducie River mouth in Queensland
[2]

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

Formed by the confluence of the Palm Creek and South Palm Creek, the headwaters of the Ducie River drain the Richardson Range, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally west through stringybark woodlands, tropical savanna plains and wetlands, and enters the Gulf of Carpentaria on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula at Port Musgrave just north of Mapoon. The river descends 31 metres (102 ft) over its 69-kilometre (43 mi) course.[2]

The catchment covers 6,746 square kilometres (2,605 sq mi)[3] There are no major towns or water storage facilities in the watershed.

Much of the river is bordered by gallery rainforest. In its lower reaches it supports extensive tidal mangrove forest with stands of Nipa Palms.[4]

The river was named in 1886 by Francis Lascelles Jardine, a pastoralist, reportedly after the Earl of Ducie, presumably a relative of the Jardine family.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ducie River (entry 10656)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Ducie River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Ducie River". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ducie River". Wild Rivers.


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