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Rivers & Lakes · NT

Northern Territory

2,301 named waters 35 catchments 5 drainage divisions
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How Northern Territory drains

35 catchments, clipped at the border — a catchment that crosses into another state carries on there. Pick one to open its full drainage tree.

Victoria River-Wiso catchment — 674 waters in Northern Territory · 16,817 km mapped nationally Diamantina-Georgina Rivers catchment — 399 waters in Northern Territory · 32,420 km mapped nationally Roper River catchment — 164 waters in Northern Territory · 3,962 km mapped nationally Daly River catchment — 132 waters in Northern Territory · 3,993 km mapped nationally Sandy Desert catchment — 14 waters in Northern Territory · 2,030 km mapped nationally Mcarthur River catchment — 107 waters in Northern Territory · 2,286 km mapped nationally Nicholson-Leichhardt Rivers catchment — 93 waters in Northern Territory · 9,851 km mapped nationally East Alligator River catchment — 35 waters in Northern Territory · 770 km mapped nationally Limmen Bight River catchment — 69 waters in Northern Territory · 1,140 km mapped nationally South Alligator River catchment — 46 waters in Northern Territory · 753 km mapped nationally Ord-Pentecost Rivers catchment — 53 waters in Northern Territory · 8,820 km mapped nationally Robinson River catchment — 63 waters in Northern Territory · 983 km mapped nationally Goyder River catchment — 17 waters in Northern Territory · 465 km mapped nationally Calvert River catchment — 50 waters in Northern Territory · 874 km mapped nationally Fitzmaurice River catchment — 11 waters in Northern Territory · 564 km mapped nationally Walker River catchment — 28 waters in Northern Territory · 564 km mapped nationally Buckingham River catchment — 17 waters in Northern Territory · 311 km mapped nationally Blyth River catchment — 16 waters in Northern Territory · 590 km mapped nationally Finniss River catchment — 48 waters in Northern Territory · 762 km mapped nationally Nullarbor catchment — 1 waters in Northern Territory · 204 km mapped nationally Liverpool River catchment — 8 waters in Northern Territory · 531 km mapped nationally Mary River (NT) catchment — 34 waters in Northern Territory · 661 km mapped nationally Koolatong River catchment — 11 waters in Northern Territory · 316 km mapped nationally Adelaide River catchment — 36 waters in Northern Territory · 636 km mapped nationally Bathurst-Melville Islands catchment — 26 waters in Northern Territory · 384 km mapped nationally Moyle River catchment — 12 waters in Northern Territory · 452 km mapped nationally Goomadeer River catchment — 13 waters in Northern Territory · 407 km mapped nationally Settlement Creek catchment — 46 waters in Northern Territory · 1,460 km mapped nationally Keep River catchment — 14 waters in Northern Territory · 651 km mapped nationally Towns River catchment — 12 waters in Northern Territory · 237 km mapped nationally Rosie River catchment — 14 waters in Northern Territory · 410 km mapped nationally Wildman River catchment — 22 waters in Northern Territory · 589 km mapped nationally Groote Eylandt catchment — 8 waters in Northern Territory · 74 km mapped nationally Gairdner catchment — 1 waters in Northern Territory · 1,538 km mapped nationally De Grey River catchment — 1 waters in Northern Territory · 8,784 km mapped nationally Victoria River-Wiso16,817 km Diamantina-Georgina Rivers32,420 km Roper River3,962 km Daly River3,993 km Sandy Desert2,030 km Mcarthur River2,286 km Nicholson-Leichhardt Rivers9,851 km East Alligator River770 km Limmen Bight River1,140 km South Alligator River753 km

Catchment boundaries and stream network: Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric), Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. State boundary: Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Simplified for display.

The catchments

35 across 5 divisions

Looking beyond Northern Territory? The national map shows all 218 catchments, and each catchment page lists its drainage wherever it runs.