{{Short description|River in Western Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Henty River | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Henty-River Tasmania.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = Henty River, Tasmania | map = | map_size = 240 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia Tasmania | pushpin_map_size = 240 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the river [[mouth (river)|mouth]] in [[Tasmania]] | mapframe = yes <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Australia]] | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = [[Tasmania]] | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{cvt|46|km}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = [[Tyndall Range]], [[West Coast Range (Tasmania)|West Coast Range]] | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | source_confluence = Dobson Creek and Newton Creek | source_confluence_location = below [[Mount Tyndall (Tasmania)|Mount Tyndall]] | source_confluence_coordinates= {{coord|41|53|19|S|145|32|43|E|display=inline}} | source_confluence_elevation = {{cvt|264|m}} | mouth = [[Southern Ocean]] | mouth_location = Henty Dunes | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42|2|44|S|145|14|43|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{cvt|0|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 1009834 sm | tributaries_left = [[Yolande River]], Lost Creek (Tasmania), Tully River (Tasmania) | tributaries_right = Ewart Creek, Malcom Creek, Bottle Creek, McCutcheons Creek, Badger River | custom_label = Reservoirs /<br />Lakes | custom_data = [[Henty Dam]] | extra = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=203569&cmd=sp |title=Map of Henty River, TAS |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |access-date=26 June 2015 }}</ref> }}
The '''Henty River''' is a [[perennial river]] in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia. The river generally lies north of {{TAScity|Queenstown}} and south of {{TAScity|Zeehan}}.
==Location and features== Formed by the [[confluence]] of the Dobson and Newton Creeks, the river rises below Lake Newton on the western slopes of the [[Tyndall Range]], northwest of [[Mount Tyndall (Tasmania)|Mount Tyndall]], part of the [[West Coast Range, Tasmania|West Coast Range]] of Tasmania.
The river flows generally south by west and then west, joined by eight [[tributary|tributaries]] in eluding the Bottle, Lost, Malcolm, and McCutcheom's creeks, and the [[Tully River (Tasmania)|Tully]], [[Yolande River|Yolande]], and [[Badger River|Badger]] rivers. The [[mouth (river)|mouth]] emptyies into the [[Southern Ocean]] at Henty Dunes. The river descends {{convert|264|m}} over its {{convert|46|km|adj=on}} [[navigation|course]].<ref name=bonzle/>
In the area known as the Upper Henty at the river's headwaters is the [[Henty Gold Mine]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Taylor, R. J. |author2=others | title=Mammals of the upper Henty River region, Western Tasmania |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania | publication-date=July 1985 | volume=119 | issue=July 1985 | pages=7–14 |doi=10.26749/rstpp.119.7 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/39172048 | access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Taylor, R. J. |title=Notes on the diet of the carnivorous mammals of the Upper Henty River Region, western Tasmania | publication-date=1986 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/166673288 | access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref> Its upper reaches were some of the last sites of dam making by the [[Hydro Tasmania]] in its long history of regulating flow of Tasmanian rivers.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} The river [[drainage basin|catchment area]] has two areas of high ground. One is known as the ''Professor Plateau'', west of the ''Professor Range'' to the north of the river, and the other ''Misery Flat'', which is high ground between the Tully River and Lost Creek.<ref>Identified in Tasmap 1:100,000 series maps of the area - 1987 edition example published in {{Citation | author1=Binks, C. J. | title=Pioneers of Tasmania's west coast | publication-date=1988 | publisher=Blubber Head Press | isbn=978-0-908528-16-5 }}</ref> The river basin is adjacent to the West Coast Range and the [[Lake Margaret, Tasmania|Lake Margaret]] areas, argued as having up to four separate periods of glaciation.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Augustinus, P. C. | author2=Colhoun, E. A. | title=Weathering and morphostratigraphic evidence for four glaciations in the Henty River Basin, western Tasmania | publication-date=1995 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/166673107 | access-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
The river is crossed by bridges that carry the [[Zeehan-Strahan Road]] and the [[Zeehan Highway]]. A former bridge that carried the [[Strahan–Zeehan Railway|Strahan-Zeehan Railway]], very close to the coast and [[Ocean Beach (Tasmania)|Ocean Beach]], has been demolished. The river is impounded by the [[Henty Dam]], completed in 1988.
==Recreation uses== During October and November, the Henty River is a location for sea run [[trout]].
Picnic spots are available beside the river at either the Strahan to Zeehan highway, or the Zeehan Highway.
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Environment|Water}}}} * {{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|Tasmania}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book| author=Blainey, Geoffrey|author-link=Geoffrey Blainey |title=The Peaks of Lyell |edition=6th |publisher=St. David's Park Publishing |location=Hobart |year=2000 |isbn=0-7246-2265-9}} * {{cite journal| author=Whitham, Charles |author-link=Charles Whitham |title=Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1927 |volume=69 |issue=1 |page=83 |doi=10.2307/1782877 |jstor=1782877 |bibcode=1927GeogJ..69...83W }}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060820072606/http://www.westcoast.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=299 West Coast Council details]
{{Rivers of Tasmania |state=autocollapse}} {{Western Tasmania |state=autocollapse}}
[[Category:Rivers of Tasmania]] [[Category:West Coast Range]]