{{Short description|River in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Sophia | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_size = 280 | image_caption = | map = | map_size = 280 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia Tasmania | pushpin_map_size = 280 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Sophia River [[mouth (river)|mouth]] in [[Tasmania]] <!---------------------- 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 = {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = [[West Coast Range]] | source1_location = below Sophia Peak | source1_coordinates= {{coord|41|47|40|S|145|46|57|E|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|408|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[Mackintosh River]] | mouth_location = [[Lake Mackintosh]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41|45|31|S|145|40|9|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|221|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = [[Pieman River]] catchment | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Reservoir]]s | custom_data = [[Lake Mackintosh]] | extra = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com.au/c/a?a=p&p=201109&cmd=sp |title=Map of Sophia River, TAS |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |date=2015 |accessdate=30 June 2015 }}</ref> }} The '''Sophia River''', part of the [[Pieman River]] catchment, is a [[perennial river]] located in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia.
==Course and features== The Sophie River rises below Sophie Peak, part of the [[West Coast Range]] within the Granite Tor Conservation Area. The river flows generally west by north and reaches its [[confluence]] with the [[Mackintosh River]] within [[Lake Mackintosh]]. The river descends {{convert|187|m}} over its {{convert|20|km|adj=on}} [[watercourse|course]].<ref name=bonzle/>
Lake Mackintosh and several adjoining reservoirs form part of the [[Pieman River Power Development]] scheme and some of the flow of the Sophie River supplies the [[Mackintosh Power Station]] for the generation of [[hydroelectricity]]. The Sophia Tunnel feeder from [[Lake Murchison|Murchison Dam]] has its outlet near Sophia River.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Lupton, Roger |title=Lifeblood: Tasmania's hydro power |year=1999 |publication-date=1999 |page=331 |publisher=Focus Publications |isbn=978-1-875359-33-2 |quote=''The Mackintosh Scheme... realised its full potential.. in July 1983, when Sophia Tunnel began feeding Lake Mackintosh with the waters of Lake Murchison''}}</ref> The Sophia Adit, a small tunnel for maintaining the Sophia Tunnel, is located adjacent to the river.<ref>{{cite map |author1=Tasmania. Lands Department. Survey Branch |author2=Australia. Army. Royal Australian Survey Corps |title=Sophia |publication-date=1975 |publisher=TASMAP |edition=3 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25568399 |accessdate=21 June 2015 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Rivers of Tasmania |state=autocollapse}} {{Western Tasmania |state=autocollapse}}
[[Category:Rivers of Tasmania]] [[Category:West Coast Range]]
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