Cliffdale | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cliffdale Creek mouth in Queensland |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Gulf Country |
Length: | 197km (122miles) |
Source1 Location: | China Wall, Gulf Country, Australia |
Source1 Elevation: | 166m (545feet) |
Mouth: | Elizabeth Creek |
Mouth Location: | Gulf Country, Australia |
Mouth Coordinates: | -16.9486°N 138.7753°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 6209km2 |
Extra: | [1] |
Cliffdale Creek is a creek in Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise at the eastern end of China Wall on the edge of the Barkly Tableland close to the border of the Northern Territory. The creek flows north easterly direction through the mostly uninhabited Gulf Country and eventually discharges into Elizabeth Creek which in turn lows into the Gulf of Carpentaria near Mornington Island.[1]
The catchment area of the creek occupies an 6209km2 of which an area of 388km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands.[2]