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The Flinders is a river found in northeaster Australia. It is 520 miles long, or a total of 840 kilometers. The Flinders
River rises in the southwestern slopes of the Gregory Range. The Gregory
Range is in the northern part of Queensland. From the Gregory Range it travels
to north and northwest. There it travels through sparsely populated lowlands. In these sparsely populated low lands it receives its two main tributaries. These tributaries are called the Cloncurry and Saxby. The
Flinders drains into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
In summer months the Flinders drains an area of 41,580 square miles. That is about 107,700 square kilometers. But in winter
months the river dries up and only leaves a few waterholes. The upstream valley
is used for sheep ranching, the lower valley is used for cattle ranching. The
Flinders is named for British explorer and navigator Matthew Flinders. The valley
was settled in 1864.
(Source is MSN Encarta.)
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