Tully River

Tully
River
The Tully River, 2009
Name origin: In honour of William Alcock Tully
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Regions	Far North Queensland, Wet Tropics of Queensland
Tributaries
- left	Nitchaga Creek, Jarra Creek
- right	Cochable Creek, Davidson Creek, Echo Creek
City	Tully
Landmark	Tully Gorge
Source	Cardwell Range, Great Dividing Range
- location	Kirrama State Forest
- elevation	800 m (2,625 ft)
- coordinates	17°58′53″S 145°37′18″E / 17.98139°S 145.62167°E / -17.98139; 145.62167
Mouth	Coral Sea
- location	Tully Heads
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	18°01′55″S 146°03′25″E / 18.03194°S 146.05694°E / -18.03194; 146.05694Coordinates: 18°01′55″S 146°03′25″E / 18.03194°S 146.05694°E / -18.03194; 146.05694
Length	133 km (83 mi)
Basin	1,650 km2 (637 sq mi)
Waterfalls	Tully Falls
National park	Tully Gorge National Park
Reservoir	Lake Koombooloomba
Power stations	Koombooloomba Hydro Power Station; Kareeya Hydro Power Station
Location of Tully River mouth in Queensland

The Tully River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

The Tully River rises in the Cardwell Range, part of the Great Dividing Range on the northern boundary of the Kirrama State Forest. The river flows generally north through Lake Koombooloomba and flows over the Tully Falls near Ravenshoe and descends through the Tully Gorge within the Tully Gorge National Park, part of the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet Tropics site. Below the dam wall, the river is joined by five minor tributaries before emptying into the Coral Sea at Tully Heads. The river descends 800 metres (2,600 ft) over its 133-kilometre (83 mi) course.

The Tully, together with the Herbert and the Burdekin rivers, were part of the proposed Bradfield Scheme to divert the upper reaches of the three rivers west of the Great Dividing Range and into the Thomson River designed to irrigate and drought-proof much of the western Queensland interior, as well as large areas of South Australia. The Scheme was proposed in 1938 and abandoned in 1947.

At the Koombooloomba Dam, the Koombooloomba Hydro Power Station and a little further downriver, the Kareeya Hydro Power Station, generate hydroelectric power from the flow of the river.