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Meander River (Tasmania)

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- elevation
  
1,300 m (4,265 ft)

- elevation
  
129 m (423 ft)

Length
  
112 km

Mouth
  
South Esk River

Settlements
  
Meander, Deloraine

- location
  
Hadspen

Basin area
  
1,600 kmĀ²

Source
  
Great Western Tiers

Country
  
Australia

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- right
  
Western Creek, Quamby Brook, Liffey River

The Meander River is a major perennial river located in the central northern region of Tasmania, Australia. Until the founding of Westbury in the early 1820s the river was known as The Western River.

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Map of Meander River, Tasmania, Australia

Location and features

The Meander River rises in the Great Western Tiers and flows past its namesake town, Meander, through the major regional town of Deloraine, then eastward, where it flows into the South Esk River near Hadspen. From source to mouth, the river is joined by fourteen tributaries including the Liffey River and descends 930 metres (3,050 ft) over its 112-kilometre (70 mi) course.

The damming of the river in 2007 created the artificial reservoir Lake Huntsman. The Meander Hydro Dam provides both electricity and water to the region, and is the second dam on the Meander River.

References

Meander River (Tasmania) Wikipedia