Gulf Country river network

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The Gulf Country river network is a system of rivers and waterways in northwestern Queensland and the Northern Territory that drain into the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, supporting important pastoral, ecological, and Indigenous cultural landscapes.

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Gulf Country river network canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage network ⓘ
river system ⓘ
associatedWith Indigenous songlines ⓘ
sacred sites ⓘ
characterizedBy dry-season low flows ⓘ
highly seasonal flows ⓘ
wet-season flooding ⓘ
climateInfluence Australian summer monsoon ⓘ
containsFeature estuaries ⓘ
floodplains ⓘ
mangrove-lined tidal reaches ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
drainsInto Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
southern Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
governedBy Northern Territory water management frameworks ⓘ
Queensland water management frameworks ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Albert River (Queensland) ⓘ
linked to: Albert River

Calvert River ⓘ
Flinders River ⓘ
Gregory River ⓘ
Leichhardt River ⓘ
McArthur River ⓘ
Mitchell River (Gulf Country region context) ⓘ
Nicholson River ⓘ
Norman River ⓘ
Roper River ⓘ
Settlement Creek ⓘ
hydrologicalRegime monsoonal ⓘ
importantFor Indigenous livelihoods ⓘ
biodiversity conservation ⓘ
cattle grazing ⓘ
pastoral industry ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf Country ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
northwestern Queensland ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin ⓘ
Northern Australia tropical river systems ⓘ
linked to: Alligator Rivers
providesHabitatFor estuarine and marine species ⓘ
freshwater fish ⓘ
waterbirds ⓘ
supports Indigenous cultural landscapes ⓘ
ecological values ⓘ
pastoral landscapes ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
water extraction proposals ⓘ
traditionalOwners Aboriginal peoples of the Gulf Country ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leichhardt River → partOf → Gulf Country river network ⓘ