The Carron River is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stret ...
, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises at the northern end of the
Gregory Range and flows west to the north but roughly parallel with the
Gulf Developmental Road
Gulf Developmental Road is an Australian highway linking the Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and Normanton, Queensland, Normanton regions in northern Queensland, Australia. It is the only sealed (Asphalt concrete, asphalt) road linking these two reg ...
until discharging into the
Norman River of which it is a tributary near the town of
Normanton. It flows thorough many temporary and permanent waterholes through the journey including Rope Hole.
The Carron has five
tributaries
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...
including Rocky Creek, Foote Creek, Tabletop Creek, Ten Mile Creek and Telephone Creek.
The
traditional owners
Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...
of the area to the north of the Carron are the
Walangama people and to the south are the
Kurtjar people.
The river is named after William Carron, second in command of the
Edmund Kennedy
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy J. P. (5 September 1818 – December 1848) was an explorer in Australia in the mid-19th century. He was the Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, working with Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Sir Thomas Mitchell. Kenned ...
expedition in 1848.
Carron was the expedition
botanist
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...
and one of the three survivors of the venture.
In 1872 the Carron and Norman Rivers were all in full flood with of rain falling over the course of two days. Severe flooding was also experienced in 2011.
See also
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References
{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Far North Queensland