Lockhart River (Queensland)

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Lockhart
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Location of Lockhart river mouth in Queensland
EtymologyHugh Lockhart
Location
Country Australia
Territory Queensland
Region Far North Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source Chester Peak
 • locationChester Range, Cape York Peninsula, Australia
 • elevation46 m (151 ft)
Mouth Lloyd Bay
 • location
 Coral Sea, Australia
 • coordinates
 12°56′59″S143°23′37″E / 12.94972°S 143.39361°E / -12.94972; 143.39361
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length36 km (22 mi)
Basin size765 km2 (295 sq mi) [1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average12.5 m3/s (390 GL/a) [1]
[2]

The Lockhart River is a river in Queensland, Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise under Chester Peak in the Chester Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, and flows northwards. It continues past High Range and Heming Range eventually discharging into Lloyd Bay in the Coral Sea.

The river has a catchment area of 2,883 square kilometres (1,113 sq mi) of which an area of 134 square kilometres (52 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands. [3]

Named by the explorer Robert Logan Jack in 1880 after his friend Hugh Lockhart. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "East Coastal Watersheds".
  2. ↑ "Map of Lockhart River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lockhart River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lockhart River (entry 19857)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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