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Rivers in Australia
YearMaps maps 22 rivers in Australia. The full list follows.
How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.
- Rivers Listed
- 22
- With Full Profile
- 10
Linked to a detail page
| Name | Type | Also Flows Through |
|---|---|---|
| Barwon | River | — |
| Blackwood | River | — |
| Burdekin | River | — |
| Burnett | River | — |
| Daly | River | — |
| Darling | River | — |
| Derwent | River | — |
| Fitzroy (near Derby) | River | — |
| Fitzroy (near Rockhampton) | River | — |
| Katherine | River | — |
| Lachlan | River | — |
| Macintyre | River | — |
| Mackenzie | River | — |
| Macquarie | River | — |
| Mitchell | River | — |
| Murray | River | — |
| Ord | River | — |
| Roper | River | — |
| Swan | River | — |
| Tamar | River | — |
| Victoria | River | — |
| Weir | River | — |
About the Rivers of Australia
The 10 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.
- Burdekin
- The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Darling
- The Darling River, is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring 1,472 kilometres from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its longest contiguous tributaries, it is 2,844 km long, making it the longest river system in Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Katherine
- Katherine River is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Its headwaters are in Nitmiluk National Park, it flows through the town of Katherine, and is a major tributary of the Daly River. The Katherine River drops around 384m over its 328 km length. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Lachlan
- The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Macintyre
- The Macintyre River, a perennial river that forms part of the Border Rivers group, is part of the Barwon catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, and the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Macquarie
- The Macquarie River or Wambuul is part of the Macquarie–Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales, Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Murray
- The Murray River is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river, spanning 2,508 km. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest rivers of Australia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ord
- The Ord River is a 651-kilometre-long river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers 55,100 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- How many rivers are there in Australia?
- YearMaps lists 22 rivers for Australia. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.