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Serpentine River (Tasmania)

{{Short description|River in Tasmania, Australia}}

{{About|the Serpentine River in Tasmania|other uses|Serpentine River (disambiguation){{!}}Serpentine River}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}

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| subdivision_name3 = South-west, Western

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| source1_location = Lake Pedder

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| mouth = Gordon River

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| extra = {{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com.au/c/a?a=p&p=208622&cmd=sp |title=Map of Serpentine River, TAS |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |date=2015 |access-date=30 June 2015 }}

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The Serpentine River is a major perennial river located in the south-west and western regions of Tasmania, Australia.

Course and features

The Serpentine River is almost entirely inundated by the current Lake Pedder. Before its flooding the river rose at the northwestern corner of the original Lake Pedder and drained the eastern slopes of the Frankland and Wilmot ranges. It flows generally north by northwest, joined by one minor tributary. The river is impounded by the Serpentine Dam, one of three dams that create Lake Pedder, and then flows towards the Gordon Splits where it reaches its confluence with the Gordon River.{{cite book |author-link=Richard Flanagan |author=Flanagan, Richard |date=1985 |title=A terrible beauty: history of the Gordon River country |location=Richmond, Vic. |publisher=Greenhouse |isbn=0-86436-001-0 }}

See also

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  • {{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|Tasmania}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |editor1=Gee, H. |editor2=Fenton, J. |publication-date=1978 |title=The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness |location=Melbourne |publisher=Australian Conservation Foundation |isbn=0-85802-054-8}}
  • {{cite book |author1=Kerr, Garry |author2=McDermott, Hary |date=2000 |title=The Huon Pine Story (The History of Harvest and Use of a unique Timber |location=Portland, Victoria |publisher=Mainsail Books |isbn=0-9577917-0-4 }}
  • {{cite book |author=Lines, William J. |publication-date=2006 |title=Patriots : defending Australia's natural heritage |location=St. Lucia, Qld. |publisher=University of Queensland Press |isbn=0-7022-3554-7 }}
  • {{cite book |author=Neilson, D. |publication-date=1975 |title=South West Tasmania - A land of the Wild |location=Adelaide |publisher=Rigby |isbn=0-85179-874-8 }}

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