Henty River

Henty
River
Henty River, Tasmania
Country	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	West Coast
Tributaries
- left	Yolande River, Lost Creek (Tasmania), Tully River (Tasmania)
- right	Ewart Creek, Malcom Creek, Bottle Creek, McCutcheons Creek, Badger River
Source	Tyndall Range, West Coast Range
Source confluence	Dobson Creek and Newton Creek
- location	below Mount Tyndall
- elevation	264 m (866 ft)
- coordinates	41°53′19″S 145°32′43″E / 41.88861°S 145.54528°E / -41.88861; 145.54528
Mouth	Southern Ocean
- location	Henty Dunes
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	42°2′44″S 145°14′43″E / 42.04556°S 145.24528°E / -42.04556; 145.24528Coordinates: 42°2′44″S 145°14′43″E / 42.04556°S 145.24528°E / -42.04556; 145.24528
Length	46 km (29 mi)
Nature reserve	Mount Dundas Regional Reserve
Location of the Henty River mouth in Tasmania

The Henty River is a perennial river in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The river generally lies north of Queenstown and south of Zeehan.

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, part of the West Coast Range of Tasmania. The river flows generally south by west and then west, joined by eight tributaries including the Tully, Yolande, and Badger rivers before reaching its mouth and emptying into the Southern Ocean at Henty Dunes. The river descends 264 metres (866 ft) over its 46-kilometre (29 mi) course.

In the area known as the Upper Henty at the river's headwaters is the Henty Gold Mine. 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.

The river basin is adjacent to the West Coast Range and the Lake Margaret areas, argued as having up to four separate periods of glaciation.

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, very close to the coast and Ocean Beach, has since been demolished.