# Henty River

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River in Western Tasmania, Australia

Henty River Henty River, Tasmania Location of the river mouth in Tasmania Location Country Australia State Tasmania Region West Coast Physical characteristics Source Tyndall Range, West Coast Range Source confluence Dobson Creek and Newton Creek • location below Mount Tyndall • coordinates 41°53′19″S 145°32′43″E / 41.88861°S 145.54528°E / -41.88861; 145.54528 • elevation 264 m (866 ft) Mouth Southern Ocean • location Henty Dunes • coordinates 42°2′44″S 145°14′43″E / 42.04556°S 145.24528°E / -42.04556; 145.24528 • elevation 0 m (0 ft) Length 46 km (29 mi) Basin size 1009834 sm Basin features Tributaries • left Yolande River, Lost Creek (Tasmania), Tully River (Tasmania) • right Ewart Creek, Malcom Creek, Bottle Creek, McCutcheons Creek, Badger River Reservoirs / Lakes Henty Dam [1]

The **Henty River** is a [perennial river](/source/Perennial_river) in the [West Coast](/source/West_Coast%2C_Tasmania) region of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia. The river generally lies north of [Queenstown](/source/Queenstown%2C_Tasmania) and south of [Zeehan](/source/Zeehan%2C_Tasmania).

## Location and features

Formed by the [confluence](/source/Confluence) of the Dobson and Newton Creeks, the river rises below Lake Newton on the western slopes of the [Tyndall Range](/source/Tyndall_Range), northwest of [Mount Tyndall](/source/Mount_Tyndall_(Tasmania)), part of the [West Coast Range](/source/West_Coast_Range%2C_Tasmania) of Tasmania.

The river flows generally south by west and then west, joined by eight [tributaries](/source/Tributary) in eluding the Bottle, Lost, Malcolm, and McCutcheom's creeks, and the [Tully](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully_River_(Tasmania)&action=edit&redlink=1), [Yolande](/source/Yolande_River), and [Badger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badger_River&action=edit&redlink=1) rivers. The [mouth](/source/Mouth_(river)) emptyies into the [Southern Ocean](/source/Southern_Ocean) at Henty Dunes. The river descends 264 metres (866 ft) over its 46-kilometre (29 mi) [course](/source/Navigation).[1]

In the area known as the Upper Henty at the river's headwaters is the [Henty Gold Mine](/source/Henty_Gold_Mine).[2][3] Its upper reaches were some of the last sites of dam making by the [Hydro Tasmania](/source/Hydro_Tasmania) in its long history of regulating flow of Tasmanian rivers.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The river [catchment area](/source/Drainage_basin) 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.[4] The river basin is adjacent to the West Coast Range and the [Lake Margaret](/source/Lake_Margaret%2C_Tasmania) areas, argued as having up to four separate periods of glaciation.[5]

The river is crossed by bridges that carry the [Zeehan-Strahan Road](/source/Zeehan-Strahan_Road) and the [Zeehan Highway](/source/Zeehan_Highway). A former bridge that carried the [Strahan-Zeehan Railway](/source/Strahan%E2%80%93Zeehan_Railway), very close to the coast and [Ocean Beach](/source/Ocean_Beach_(Tasmania)), has been demolished. The river is impounded by the [Henty Dam](/source/Henty_Dam), completed in 1988.

## Recreation uses

During October and November, the Henty River is a location for sea run [trout](/source/Trout).

Picnic spots are available beside the river at either the Strahan to Zeehan highway, or the Zeehan Highway.

## See also

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Environment portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Environment)
- [Water portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Water)

- [List of rivers of Australia § Tasmania](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Australia#Tasmania)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bonzle_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bonzle_1-1) ["Map of Henty River, TAS"](http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=203569&cmd=sp). *Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia*. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taylor, R. J.; others (July 1985). ["Mammals of the upper Henty River region, Western Tasmania"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/39172048). *Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania*. **119** (July 1985): 7–14. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.26749/rstpp.119.7](https://doi.org/10.26749%2Frstpp.119.7). Retrieved 9 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Taylor, R. J. (1986). [*Notes on the diet of the carnivorous mammals of the Upper Henty River Region, western Tasmania*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/166673288). Retrieved 9 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Identified in Tasmap 1:100,000 series maps of the area - 1987 edition example published in Binks, C. J. (1988), *Pioneers of Tasmania's west coast*, Blubber Head Press, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-908528-16-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-908528-16-5)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Augustinus, P. C.; Colhoun, E. A. (1995). [*Weathering and morphostratigraphic evidence for four glaciations in the Henty River Basin, western Tasmania*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/166673107). Retrieved 9 June 2012.

## Further reading

- [Blainey, Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_Blainey) (2000). *The Peaks of Lyell* (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7246-2265-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7246-2265-9).

- [Whitham, Charles](/source/Charles_Whitham) (1927). "Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty". *The Geographical Journal*. **69** (1): 83. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1927GeogJ..69...83W](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1927GeogJ..69...83W). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/1782877](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1782877). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1782877](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1782877).

## External links

- [West Coast Council details](https://web.archive.org/web/20060820072606/http://www.westcoast.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=299)

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