Limmen Bight River

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| extra = {{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=212390&cmd=sp|title=Map of Limmen Bight River, NT|accessdate=13 May 2015|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia}}

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The Limmen Bight River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.

The headwaters rise at the base of the Favenc Range near O.T. Downs{{cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/corporate_data/79468/79468_Bauhinia_Downs.pdf|title=Bauhinia Downs - Northern Territory|year=1964|accessdate=17 May 2015|publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service}} and Broadmere Stations. It then flows in a northerly direction, with many smaller tributaries feeding the river which forms a series of braided channels across the plains. It flows past Sculthorpe Pound and through Limmen Gate hemmed to the east by the Tawallah Range. It continues through Limmen National Park past the Four Archers near Burketown Crossing and eventually discharges in the Limmen Bight in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Fifteen tributaries join the river including October Creek, Balbirni Creek, Lansen Creek, Crooked Creek, Tyangkulta Creek, Cox River and Nathan River. It also flows through a large permanent billabong, Broadmere waterhole.

The catchment occupies an area of {{convert|15938|km2|sqmi|0}} and is situated between the Roper River and Towns River catchments to the north and west, the McArthur River catchment to the south and the Rosie River catchment to the east.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/20809/map01.pdf |title=Drainage Divisions |year=2005 |accessdate=13 May 2015 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401173613/http://lrm.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/20809/map01.pdf |archivedate= 1 April 2015 }} The river has a mean annual outflow of {{convert|1160|GL|cuyd|sigfig=4}},{{cite web|url=http://track.org.au/sites/default/files/managed/file-attach/biblio/Silvas%20Socioeconomic%20profiles%2034.pdf|title=Limmen Bight River|year=2009|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=TRaCK}}

The river's estuary, which occupies an area of {{convert|62.1|km2|sqmi|0}} of open water, is in near pristine condition.{{cite web|url=http://lwa.gov.au/files/products/national-land-and-water-resources-audit/pr020283/pr020283.pdf |title=Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment |year=2002 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |publisher=Natural Heritage Trust |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213070918/http://lwa.gov.au/files/products/national-land-and-water-resources-audit/pr020283/pr020283.pdf |archivedate=13 February 2014 }} The tide-dominated delta has multiple channels and is surrounded by an area of {{convert|21.2|km2|sqmi|0}} covered with mangroves.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozcoasts.gov.au/search_data/ozcoast_result.jsp?pSearchType=estuary&pFormType=estuary&pCondition=near%20pristine&pState=NT|title=Limmen River, NT|work=Australian online Coastal Information|accessdate=24 May 2015|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}

The river was named after the Limmen Bight which it discharges into. The bight was named by the explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 after his ship, the Limmen.{{cite web|url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=14503|title=Place Names Register Extract - Limmen Bight |accessdate=14 May 2015|work=NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government}}