About the GordonRiver in Tasmania the river in Western Australia GordonRiver Western Australia Image Gordonriver hbm.jpg thumb Tour boat on lower GordonRiver The GordonRiver is one of the major rivers of Tasmania , Australia . It rises in the centre of the island and flows westward. Major tributaries include the Serpentine River, Tasmania Serpentine River and the Franklin River . The GordonRiver empties into Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast, Tasmania West Coast of Tasmania . The entire course of the GordonRiver is an uninhabited wilderness area. The differentiation between the Upper GordonRiver catchment and the Lower GordonRiver was made by what were considered impassable gorges known as the Gordon Splits. Olegas Truchanas was one who was able to travel through these. Upper GordonRiver Image Gordon River.jpg thumb left Reflections of the forest on the GordonRiver The Gordon Power Station, Tasmania Gordon Dam was constructed to impound the upper reaches of the GordonRiver, forming Lake Gordon and the new Lake Pedder for hydro electric power generation. Gordon Splits See also article Gordon Splits Lower GordonRiver Image GordonRiver1.JPG 200px thumb right The weak tea coloured water of the GordonRiver Additional dams were proposed for the lower part of the river but the plans ... just downstream of the junction with the Franklin River , and would have flooded much of both rivers. It was a major political and environmental issue in the 1980s. The lower part of the GordonRiver ... GordonRiver from Macquarie Harbour are popular with tourists in Strahan, Tasmania Strahan . See also Commonwealth v Tasmania Gordon Splits Franklin River King River, Tasmania References Richard Flanagan 1985 A terrible beauty history of the GordonRiver country Richmond, Vic.Greenhouse. ISBN ... Tasmania Category Franklin Dam fr GordonRiver hu GordonRiver ms Sungai Gordon ja no GordonRiver pl Gordon rzeka ro Fluviul Gordon zh ... more details
Infobox Riverriver name GordonRiver image name origin near Broomehill, Western Australia Broomehill mouth Frankland River basin countries Australia length convert 121 km mi 0 lk on elevation convert 344 m ft 0 lk on ref cite web url http maps.bonzle.com c a?a p&cmd sp&p 210597&st &s Gordon 20River title Bonzle Digital Atlas Map of GordonRiver year 2009 accessdate 2009 03 12 ref mouth elevation convert 207 m ft 0 lk on discharge watershed convert 4652 km2 sqmi 0 lk on ref cite web url http adl.brs.gov.au water2010 pdf monthly reports awap 605 report.pdf title Bureau of Meterology FRANKLAND RIVER July 2008 River Basin Summary year 2009 accessdate 2009 03 12 ref The GordonRiver is a river in the Great Southern of Western Australia . The headwaters of the river rise below Three Wells near Broomehill, Western Australia Broomehill then flow in a south westerly direction parallel with the Great Southern Highway as far as Tambellup, Western Australia Tambellup then veering westward and crossing the Albany Highway North of Cranbrook, Western Australia Cranbrook then discharging into the Frankland River of which it is a tributary . The river flows through a number of pools during its journey including Balbalingup Pool, Ballingup Pool, Boyacup Pool and Poolyup Pool. The river has four tributary tributaries Wadjekanup River, Cowenup Brook, Slab Hut Gully and Uannup Brook. The river was named in 1835 by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe during an expedition from Perth, Western Australia Perth to Albany, Western Australia Albany . The river is named after George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen George Hamilton Gordon , the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 4th Earl of Aberdeen , who later became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . ref cite web url http www.landgate.wa.gov.au corporate.nsf web History of river names G title Landgate river histories ref References Reflist coord 34 12 32 S 116 59 57 E source enwiki plaintext parser display title Category Rivers of Western ... more details
Geobox River Name section name Valea GordonRiver native name other name other name1 Image image image size image caption Country etc. country type Countries state type region type district type Counties city type Villages country Romania country1 state state1 region region1 district Maramure County district1 city T u ii de Sus, Maramure T u ii de Sus city1 Geography length watershed discharge location discharge discharge max discharge min discharge1 location discharge1 Source source name source location source district source region source state source country source lat d source lat m source lat s source lat NS source long d source long m source long s source long EW source elevation source length Mouth mouth name S sar River S sar mouth location T u ii de Sus, Maramure T u ii de Sus mouth district mouth region mouth state mouth country mouth lat d 47 mouth lat m 39 mouth lat s 29 mouth lat NS N mouth long d 23 mouth long m 37 mouth long s 50 mouth long EW E mouth elevation 266 Tributaries tributary left tributary left1 tributary right tributary right1 Free fields free free type Official River Code Map section map map size map caption The Valea GordonRiver is a tributary of the S sar River in Romania . References Administra ia Na ional Apelor Rom ne Cadastrul Apelor Bucure ti Institutul de Meteorologie i Hidrologie R urile Rom niei Bucure ti 1971 Maps Harta jude ului Maramure http www.harta turistica.ro map.php?ID 36&harta Judetul 20Maramures Harta muntii Gut i http harti.mielu.ro gutii.html DEFAULTSORT Valea GordonRiver Category Rivers of Romania Category Rivers of the Some subbasin Category Rivers of Maramure County Maramure geo stub ro R ul Valea Gordon ... more details
Infobox Australian Road road name GordonRiver Road type Road route image Australian Alphanumeric State Route B61.png route image2 route image3 photo caption length direction East West start Image Australian Alphanumeric State Route A10.svg 35px A10 Lyell Highway br Rosegarland, Tasmania finish Strathgordon, Tasmania est through Bushy Park, Tasmania Bushy Park , Westerway, Tasmania Westerway , Maydena, Tasmania Maydena route exits Image 800px Australian Alphanumeric State Route B62.png 35px B62 Glenora Road Sometimes known as the Strathgordon Road B61 was a road built to service the Hydro Tasmania construction of the Gordon Dam , and the Serpentine Dam, Tasmania leading to the flooding of Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania . ref Thompson, Peter 1981 Power In Tasmania ACF ISBN 0858020645 pp.19 and http www.hydro.com.au home Tourism and Recreation Gordon Catchment ref blockquote In 1963 the Tasmanian Government successfully approached the Commonwealth for a 5 million grant to finance road construction from Maydena to the Middle GordonRiver. In a submission never released to the public, the Hydro Tasmania HEC described the provision of road access as a matter of urgency blockquote Construction of the road commenced in January 1964. Route It commenced at Maydena and passes north of the headwaters of the Florentine River to the north and the Weld Valley Weld River to the south at a location known as Tim Shea which is at an altitude of 952 metres looks north and north east to the Mount Field National Park . It turns south, and at Frodshams Pass the Scotts Peak Dam Road C607 continues south to the eastern shores of the modified Lake Pedder , then to Edgar Dam, and finally to Scotts Peak Dam . The GordonRiver Road continues west from Frodshams Pass, passes Mount Wedge and the Sentinel ... before ending at the Gordon Dam. The road is the major man made intrusion into the area of the World ... Park near its commencement, the Southwest National Park to its south and the Franklin Gordon Wild ... more details
Gordon may refer to TOCright People Gordan , variant of Gordon Gorden , variant of GordonGordon given name , the masculine given name Gord given name Gord , a short form of the name Gordie As a given name Gordie , another version of the name Gordon name , the surname Clan Gordon Places Australia Gordon, Australian Capital Territory Gordon, New South Wales Gordon, Victoria GordonRiver , Tasmania Canada Gordon, Ontario , Canada Scotland Gordon district , Aberdeenshire, forming a local government district from 1975 to 1996 Gordon, Scottish Borders , Berwickshire now the Scottish Borders council area Gordon Scottish Parliament constituency , Scotland Gordon UK Parliament constituency , Scotland Gordon Castle , Moray United States Gordon, Alabama Gordon, California Gordon, Georgia Gordon, Nebraska Gordon, Ohio Gordon, Pennsylvania Gordon, Texas Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin , a town Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin , a town Gordon community , Douglas County, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Gordon County, Georgia Gordon Heights, New York Gordon Township, Minnesota Education Gordon College Georgia , a public college in Barnesville, Georgia Gordon College Massachusetts , a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts Gordon College Pakistan , a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Gordon College Philippines , a public university in Subic, Zambales Other uses Gordon album Gordon album , first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies Gordon model , stock valuation model by Myron GordonGordon RFC , Sydney rugby union club Gordon the Big Engine , from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series Hurricane Gordon disambiguation , the name of several Atlantic hurricanes Gordon Shumway , the true name of the protagonist on the TV series ALF TV series ALF . disambig geo ca Gordon cs Gordon de Gordon es Gordon fr Gordon it Gordon he lv Gordons nl Gordon ja pl Gordon pt Gordon ro Gordon ru fi Gordon sv Gordon vo Gordon zh ... more details
ST Gordon born April 18, 1959 in Pasco, WA was an United States American professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council Cruiserweight boxing cruiserweight title in 1982. Professional career Gordon became a professional boxer in 1977. He faced undefeated heavyweight prospect Gerry Cooney in 1978 but lost via a fourth round disqualification. In 1981 he beat aging contender Yaqui Lopez for the North American Boxing Federation cruiserweight title. The next year he won the WBC cruiserweight title with a technical knockout victory over Carlos De Le n . He defended the belt once and also won a heavyweight bout against future titlist Trevor Berbick before losing his cruiserweight title in 1983 in a rematch with De Leon. He retired after the loss but had a brief comeback in 1987 but was knocked out in the first round by Dwain Bonds. start box Succession box before Carlos De Le n title World Boxing Council WBC List of cruiserweight boxing champions Cruiserweight Champion after Carlos De Le n years 27 Jun 1982&ndash 17 Jul 1983 end box External links Boxrec id 2612 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, S.T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, S.T. Category Cruiserweights Category American boxers Category 1959 births Category Living people Category WBC Champions US boxing bio stub fr S.T. Gordon ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Lake Gordon image lake Gordon Dam.jpg alt lake caption lake The Convert 140 m ft 0 abbr on high Gordon Dam , built in 1974. image bathymetry alt bathymetry caption bathymetry location Tasmania , Australia coords Coord 42 44 S 146 10 E region AU TAS type waterbody dim 13000 display inline,title type Reservoir inflow GordonRiver outflow catchment basin countries Flag Australia date built date flooded length width area Convert 272 km2 mi2 0 abbr on depth max depth volume Convert 12.5 km3 mi3 1 abbr on residence time shore elevation frozen islands cities reference Lake Gordon is a reservoir created by the Gordon Dam on the upper reaches of the GordonRiver in south west Tasmania , Australia . The reservoir was formed in the early 1970s as a result of the dam construction by the Hydro Tasmania HEC . It was the largest and most controversial hydro electric power scheme in Tasmania . ref McKenry, Keith 1972 A History and critical analysis of the controversy concerning the GordonRiver Power Scheme pp.9 39 in Australian Conservation Foundation 1972 Pedder Papers Anatomy of a Decision Parkville, Vic. Australian Conservation Foundation ref Lake Gordon has a surface area of Convert 272 km2 mi2 0 abbr on , with storage capacity of Convert 12.5 km3 mi3 1 abbr on of water, the equivalent of twenty five times the amount of water in Port Jackson . Lake Pedder is connected to Lake Gordon through the McPartlans Pass Canal at Coord 42 50 51 S 146 11 45 E display inline name McPartlans Pass Canal . Additional dams, such as the Franklin Dam , were proposed for the lower GordonRiver, but were not proceeded due restrictions by the Australian Federal Government. clear See also List of reservoirs and dams in Australia References Reflist Tasmania geo stub Category Reservoirs and dams in Australia Gordon, Lake Category South West Tasmania Category Lake Pedder de Lake Gordon fr Lac Gordon pl Jezioro Gordon ro Lacul Gordon ru ... more details
Infobox dam name Gordon Dam image Gordon Dam.jpg caption official name crosses GordonRiver locale South West Tasmania SW Tasmania , Australia type Arch dam length Convert 192 m ft 0 abbr on height Convert 140 m ft 0 abbr on hydraulic head width Convert 18 m ft 0 abbr on spillway type spillway capacity began open 1978 closed cost owner Hydro Tasmania maint reservoir Lake Gordon reservoir capacity Convert 12.5 km3 mi3 1 abbr on reservoir catchment reservoir surface Convert 272 km2 mi2 0 abbr on depth ... type type landmark coordinates display inline,title website http www.hydro.com.au extra The Gordon Dam also known as GordonRiver Dam , is a double curvature arch dam on the GordonRiver in Tasmania ... Thomson River Dam , 166m, Victoria Talbingo Dam , 162m, NSW Warragamba Dam , 142m, NSW Gordon ... the GordonRiver Road from Maydena into the GordonRiver area in the South West Wilderness region ... by 1964, and within three years, the Tasmanian State Parliament approved the GordonRiver Power Development with little in house opposition in 1967. The completed Gordon Dam was the only dam built on the GordonRiver, despite the support of Tasmanian politicians such as Eric Reece , Robin Gray Australian ... cite web url http www.hydro.com.au handson grpd title The Gordon Catchment ref The first two turbines ... explanatory pdf ref The power station is fuelled by water from Lake Gordon . Water from Lake Pedder is also drawn into Lake Gordon through the McPartlans Pass Canal at Coord 42 50 51 S 146 11 45 E display ..., the bottom bearing is primarily for alignment. Image Gordon Power Station Control Valve.jpg Main shut off butterfly valve for second turbine. Image Gordon Power Station Stator and Rotor.jpg .... gallery clear See also Commons category Gordon Dam Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park ... Category Arch dams fy Gordondaam mk ms Empangan Gordon nl Gordondam no Gordon vannkraftverk pl Zapora Gordon ru sv Gordondammen tr Gordon Baraj vi p Gordon zh ... more details
Gordon , ref name ReferenceA that Gordon, was in fact, the father of dry fly angling in America. quotation In the late 1800s Theodore Gordon began fishing the Neversink River in New York State. He ...For the doctor Theodore Gordon surgeon Infobox Person name Theodore Gordon image Theodoregordonanddog.jpg image size 180px caption Theodore Gordon The father of American dry fly fishing birth date 1854 death date 1915 occupation fisherman, writer Theodore Gordon , a Tuberculosis consumptive hermit with a cosmopolitan personality, was a writer who fished the Catskill Mountains Catskill region of New York State in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. He wrote articles for the Fishing Gazette from 1890 on and published works in Forest and Stream from 1903, sometimes under the pseudonym Badger Hackle ref name psChecklist cite journal last Kohrman first Robert title Checklist of Angling ... hatching in the Neversink River Neversink , Beaverkill River Beaverkill and Willowemoc River Willowemoc rivers. ref Forest and Stream , April 3, 1909 ref Gordon lived his final years and died in 1915 ... The Quest for Theodore Gordon. Fishless Days, Angling Nights published by The Globe Peqot Press ... 1865 and in several articles by other authors, Gordon became the great practitioner of the technique ... on British insects, Halford s flies poorly imitated American hatches, but Gordon embraced the innovative ..., including his most famous, the Quill Gordon. John McDonald Quill Gordon, 1972 ref Justin Askins The Legendary Neversink page xv ref John McDonald is responsible for compiling Gordon s writing into a book The Complete Fly Fisherman The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon. ref John McDonald ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Gordon, Theodore ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1854 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1915 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Theodore Category 1854 births Gordon,Theodore Category 1915 deaths Gordon,Theodore Category Angling writers ... more details
Infobox actor image name Gordon McCorkell birthname Gordon McCorkell birthdate 1983 birthplace Barrhead, Renfrewshire deathdate deathplace Gordon McCorkell born 1983, Barrhead , Renfrewshire , Scotland is a Scottish people Scottish actor who has starred in several shows, such as Jeopardy BBC TV Series Jeopardy 2002 2004 , and is arguably best known as Derek Deek Henderson River City Derek Henderson in River City TV series River City . He has also appeared in the Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill productions, Chewin the Fat and Still Game . He was a member of PACE Youth Theatre until 2002 but still is involved in activities. External links http www.imdb.com name nm0566399 IMDb bio Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Maccorkell, Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1983 PLACE OF BIRTH Barrhead, Renfrewshire DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Maccorkell, Gordon Category 1983 births Category Living people Category Scottish television actors Category Scottish soap opera actors Category People from Barrhead Scotland actor stub ... more details
Lord Gordon of Badenoch Lord GordonGordon c1840 1874 Lord George Gordon 1751 1793 Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox 1931 2004 Lord Douglas Gordon 1851 1888 See also Gordon Lord disambiguation ... more details
Ann Gordon may refer to Ann D. Gordon , research professor Anne Gordon , cricketer Annerley Gordon Anna Adams Gordon See also Gordon surname hndis Gordon, Ann ... more details
Gordon Perry may refer to Gordon Perry producer Gordon Perry Canadian football Gordon Perry athlete , British wheelchair athlete hndis Perry, Gordon ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 Bazil Gordon emigrated from Scotland to United States America , settling in Falmouth, Virginia in 1786 where he opened a small store. Gordon grew his business, exporting large amounts of tobacco from plantations along the Rappahannock River to England . He is believed to be America s first millionaire . He married Lucy Penn Taylor , daughter of Dr. John Taylor and granddaughter of John Taylor of Caroline County. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, Bazil ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Bazil Category American businesspeople Category Scottish immigrants to the United States Category People from Stafford County, Virginia Category Year of death unknown US business bio 1760s stub ... more details
Bob Gordon may refer to Bob Gordon Canadian intelligence Bob Gordon saxophonist 1928 1955 , cool jazz musician Bob Gordon auto racer , father of Robby Gordon Bob Gordon producer See also Robert Gordon disambiguation hndis Gordon, Bob DEFAULTSORT Gordon, Bob ... more details
Gordon Craig may refer to Edward Gordon Craig scenic designer and producer Gordon A. Craig historian Gordon M. Craig soldier, Medal of Honor recipient hndis name Craig, Gordon de Gordon Craig ... more details
Lawrence Gordon may refer to Lawrence Gordon producer Lawrence Gordon Saw Larry Gordon , American football player hndis Gordon, Lawrence fr Lawrence Gordon ... more details
Anna Gordon may refer to Anna Adams Gordon , American social reformer Anna Gordon Keown , English author See also Anne Gordon , cricketer Annabella Gordon disambiguation hndis Gordon, Anna ... more details
Gordon is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin Gordon CDP , Wisconsin geodis ... more details
Gordon Splits is a notable section of the GordonRiver in South West Tasmania . It is world heritage listed ref http www.wildernessresources.com.au ProductDetail.asp?PID 24 Wilderness Resources Bot generated title ref , and is part of the Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park . It has also been an important location of focus within the larger environmental campaign for wilderness preservation in South West Tasmania. ref http www.wilderness.org.au campaigns wildrivers franklin franklin The Wilderness Society History of the Franklin River Campaign 1976 83 Bot generated title ref Described The earlier works of Charles Whitham and others suggested that the river went underground at some point. It was not until in 1928 that three piners J.Hadmar Sticht, G.W. Harrison and Charles Abel were described ... of 12 April 1928 under the title The GordonRiver Exploration of the Splits Showplace of Tasmania ..., Vic Mainsail Books ISBN 0 95779170 4 in the chapter The GordonRiver and its Tributaries 1896 1942 section on pages 67 70 Above the Gordon Splits including a long quote from the Mercury article as well as air photos of the first and second split ref Later access The section of river is very ... The GordonRiver and its Tributaries 1896 1942 air photos of the first page 70 and second ... hundred million years ago, the powerful waters of the GordonRiver wore a deep erosion slot through a rugged spine of quartzite. The river runs across the grain of the countryside, instead of following it. The result is rare and spectacular . From the air, the Splits seem to grasp the GordonRiver ... through. Photographs Photographs by Truchanas ref Gordon Splits, 1958 picture by Truchanas ... search results Detail Bot generated title ref and Dombrovskis ref Gordon Splits, World Heritage ... long . From the river bank below them, they appear like pieces of a giant s unsolved jigsaw, crggy masses ... 0 85802 064 5 page 64 ref blockquote See also Olegas Truchanas Peter Dombrovskis Films 1982 Gordon ... more details
Gordon Kennedy is the name of Gordon Kennedy musician , rock musician from the United States Gordon Kennedy actor , Scottish actor Gordon Kennedy Danish comedian , Danish actor and comedian hndis Kennedy, Gordon ... more details
Jeffrey Gordon may refer to Jeffrey I. Gordon , American biologist Jeffrey D. Gordon , American naval officer Jeff Gordon , American race car driver hndis name Gordon, Jeffrey ... more details
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