Flowerdale River

Flowerdale
River
The Flowerdale River at Meunna, North West Tasmania
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Tributaries
- left	Borradale Creek, Hebe River
- right	Hardmans Creek
Source	Campbell Ranges
- location	West Takone
- elevation	543 m (1,781 ft)
- coordinates	41°10′36″S 145°34′27″E / 41.17667°S 145.57417°E / -41.17667; 145.57417
Mouth	Inglis River
- location	Wynyard
- elevation	16 m (52 ft)
- coordinates	40°58′28″S 145°39′41″E / 40.97444°S 145.66139°E / -40.97444; 145.66139Coordinates: 40°58′28″S 145°39′41″E / 40.97444°S 145.66139°E / -40.97444; 145.66139
Length	55 km (34 mi)
Basin	157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Location of the river mouth in Tasmania

The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before discharging into the Inglis River at Wynyard. The Flowerdale is the largest tributary system on the Inglis River and makes up approximately one-third of the 471-square-kilometre (182 sq mi) Inglis-Flowerdale catchment basin.

While not tributaries of the main river system, Sisters Creek and Seabrook Creek are notable minor creeks which form part of the 616 square kilometres (238 sq mi) Inglis-Flowerdale catchment area. Annual rainfall ranges from about 1,000 millimetres (39 in) at the coast to greater than 1,600 millimetres (63 in) in the upper reaches of the catchment, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) inland from Wynyard.

Forestry plantations dominate the landscape in the western region of the catchment, with intensive agriculture land-use in the north and eastern regions. Because of the steep and confining nature of the topography around the Inglis and Flowerdale rivers, both have retained substantial native forests that tend to buffer the rivers from both land-use activities.