Flinders River

The Flinders River is the longest river in , Australia, at approximately 1,004 kilometres. It was named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders.
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Flinders River

Latitude
-17.6° or 17° 36′ south
Longitude
140.6° or 140° 36′ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
5RJ2CJ22+22
Geo­Names ID
2166438
Wiki­data ID
Q1428816
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Flinders River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر فليندرز
  • Asturian: Ríu Flinders
  • Belarusian: Рака Фліндэрс
  • Belarusian: Фліндэрс
  • Bengali: ফ্লিন্ডার্স নদী
  • Bulgarian: Флиндърс
  • Cebuano: Flinders River
  • Chinese: 弗林德斯河
  • Chuvash: Флиндерс
  • Czech: Flinders
  • Danish: Flinders River
  • Danish: Flinders
  • Dutch: Flinders River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر فليندرز
  • French: Flinders
  • Georgian: ფლინდერზი
  • Georgian: ფლინდერსი (მდინარე)
  • German: Flinders River
  • Indonesian: Sungai Flinders
  • Irish: Abhainn Flinders
  • Italian: Flinders
  • Japanese: フリンダーズ川
  • Kirghiz: Флиндерс
  • Lithuanian: Flindersas
  • Mingrelian: ფლინდერზი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: ფლინდერზი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Flinders River
  • Polish: Flinders
  • Russian: Флиндерс (река)
  • Russian: Флиндерс
  • Spanish: Río Flinders
  • Swedish: Flinders River
  • Turkish: Flinders Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Фліндерс
  • Uzbek: Flinders daryosi
  • Welsh: Afon Flinders

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