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The drainage sub-basin of the river occupies an area of {{convert|12943|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-alice-river/|title=Alice River drainage sub-basin|accessdate=6 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of {{convert|71670|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-mitchell/|title=Mitchell River drainage basin|accessdate=6 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> |
The drainage sub-basin of the river occupies an area of {{convert|12943|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-alice-river/|title=Alice River drainage sub-basin|accessdate=6 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of {{convert|71670|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-mitchell/|title=Mitchell River drainage basin|accessdate=6 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> |
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Vegetation across the catchment area is [[Heteropogon contortus|speargrass]] savannah dominated by [[Eucalyptus tetrodonta|Stringybark]], [[Corymbia intermedia|Bloodwoods]] and [[(Corymbia tessellaris|Moreton Bay Ash]]. Along the river banks and tributaries there are open stands of paperbarks and dense riparian rainforest. The season swamps and lagoons have [[Melaleuca]]s and [[Barringtonia acutangula|Freshwater Mangrove]] with water lilies in standing water.<ref name=rgsq>{{cite web|url=http://www.rgsq.org.au/15-143c|title=15°S 143°E Strathaven|work=Queensland by Degrees|accessdate=6 June 2015|publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society of Queensland]]}} </ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 09:34, 6 June 2015
The Alice River is a river on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range and flow westward down the valleys and across Aerodrome Plain where they turn south west forming braided channels. The river then turns northwest and continues forming the northern border of Mitchell-Alice Rivers National Park before discharging into Mitchell River of which it is a tributary.[1]
The drainage sub-basin of the river occupies an area of 12,943 square kilometres (4,997 sq mi),[2] part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of 71,670 square kilometres (27,672 sq mi),[3]
Vegetation across the catchment area is speargrass savannah dominated by Stringybark, Bloodwoods and Moreton Bay Ash. Along the river banks and tributaries there are open stands of paperbarks and dense riparian rainforest. The season swamps and lagoons have Melaleucas and Freshwater Mangrove with water lilies in standing water.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
bonzlewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Alice River drainage sub-basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Mitchell River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "15°S 143°E Strathaven". Queensland by Degrees. Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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