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Dry River (Northern Territory)

Field	Value
name	Dry
map_size	250
pushpin_map	Australia Northern Territory
pushpin_map_size	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the Dry River mouth in the Northern Territory
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	Territory
subdivision_name2	Northern Territory
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Katherine Region
length	271 km
source1_location	Tinker Hill, Sturt Plateau, Australia
source1_elevation	206 m
mouth_location	King River, Australia
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	128 m
river_system	King River
basin_size	3000 km2
extra

The Dry River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise under Tinker Hill in the Fitzgerald Range just north of Birrimba Station homestead. The river floes in a north easterly direction moving across the mostly uninhabited plains through Dry River Station and then discharges into the King River, of which it is a tributary, and eventually flows into the Timor Sea.

The only tributary of the Dry River is Forrest Creek.

The river's catchment covers an area of 3000 km2. The eastern parts of the catchment are bounded by the Sturt Plateau. Upper parts of the river have been described as weakly developed.

Western Creek was once a major tributary of the Dry River but it now flows into Elsey Creek. There are a number of waterholes which are permanent on the black soil plains of the river.

References

"Map of Dry River, NT". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
K. J. Day. (1978). "Land systems of the Dry River area, Northern Territory".
Des Yin Foo. (June 2002). "Water Resources of the Sturt Plateau region, overview report".

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