Embley River
| Embley | |
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| Name origin: In honour of John Embley[1] | |
| Country | Australia |
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| State | Queensland |
| Region | Far North Queensland |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Hey River |
| Source | Embley Range |
| - location | Cape York Peninsula |
| - elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Mouth | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| - location | Nanum |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Length | 54 km (34 mi) |
| Basin | 4,622 km2 (1,785 sq mi) |
  Location of Embley River mouth in Queensland
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The Embley River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise on the coastal plain of the Cape York Peninsula and flow in a north westerly direction eventually discharging at Evans Landing into Albatross Bay near Nanum just south of Weipa and into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The river has a catchment area of 4,622 square kilometres (1,785 sq mi) of which an area of 392 square kilometres (151 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.[3] From source to mouth, the Embley River is joined by five tributaries including the Hey River. The Embley River descends 21 metres (69 ft) over its 54-kilometre (34 mi) course.[2]
The river was named in 1895 by The Hon John Douglas CBE after the surveyor, John Thomas Embley (1858-1937), while Douglas was Government Resident on Thursday Island.[1]
See also
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Rivers of Queensland
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