Dry River (Northern Territory)

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

Dry
Location of the Dry River mouth in the Northern Territory
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Northern Territory
Region	Katherine Region
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tinker Hill, Sturt Plateau, Australia
• elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Mouth
• location	King River, Australia
• coordinates	14°53′40″S 132°24′9″E
• elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Length	271 km (168 mi)
Basin size	3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	King River
[1]

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.[1]

The river's catchment covers an area of 3,000 square kilometres (1,158 sq mi).[2] The eastern parts of the catchment are bounded by the Sturt Plateau. Upper parts of the river have been described as weakly developed.[3]

Western Creek was once a major tributary of the Dry River but it now flows into Elsey Creek.[3] There are a number of waterholes which are permanent on the black soil plains of the river.[3]