Ducie River
Template:Geobox 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.[1]
The catchment covers 6,746 square kilometres (2,605 sq mi)[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
bonzlewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Ducie River". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ducie River". Wild Rivers.
- ^ "Ducie River (entry 10656)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
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