Gulf of Carpentaria

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gulf marginal sea

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea indenting the northern coast of Australia between Queensland and the Northern Territory, known for its rich fisheries and remote, sparsely populated coastline.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gulf of Carpentaria canonical 35
Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin 2
Gulf of Carpentaria basin 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gulf ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
borders Arnhem Land ⓘ
Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
connectedVia Torres Strait ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ecosystemType tropical marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasArea about 300000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 55 metres ⓘ
hasCoastlineCharacteristic remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasHabitat coastal wetlands ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasMajorRiverMouth Flinders River ⓘ
Gilbert River ⓘ
Leichhardt River ⓘ
McArthur River ⓘ
Mitchell River ⓘ
Nicholson River ⓘ
Norman River ⓘ
Roper River ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 70 metres ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Bentinck Island ⓘ
Groote Eylandt ⓘ
Mornington Island ⓘ
Wellesley Islands ⓘ
hasPhenomenon Morning Glory cloud ⓘ
hasPort Karumba ⓘ
Nhulunbuy ⓘ
Weipa ⓘ
hasSeason dry season ⓘ
wet season ⓘ
hasTidalRange generally small ⓘ
knownFor commercial prawn fishing ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
seasonal monsoon rains ⓘ
tropical cyclones ⓘ
locatedIn Arafura Sea ⓘ
surface form: Arafura Sea region

northern Australia ⓘ
surface form: Northern Australia
locatedOnContinent Australia ⓘ
opensTo Arafura Sea ⓘ
partOf Australasian Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
salinity slightly lower than open ocean ⓘ
seaSurfaceTemperature warm year-round ⓘ
supportsSpecies barramundi ⓘ
commercial prawn species ⓘ
dugongs ⓘ
marine turtles ⓘ
traditionalOwners Aboriginal Australian peoples ⓘ
Gangalidda people ⓘ
Kaiadilt people ⓘ
Yolngu people ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Territory → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Cape York Peninsula → borders → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Top End → borders → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Arnhem Land → borders → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Arafura Sea → connectedTo → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Nhulunbuy → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Far North Queensland → borders → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
North West Queensland → borderingRegion → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
northern Australia → borders → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Australia
Weipa → locatedOn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Aurukun → locatedOnWaterbody → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Leichhardt River → mouth → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Leichhardt River → emptiesInto → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Leichhardt River → riverSystem → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin
Leichhardt River → drainageBasin → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Carpentaria basin
Sahul Shelf → extendsBeneath → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Top End of the Northern Territory → borderedBy → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Queensland marine parks estate → locatedIn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Arafura Shelf → locatedNear → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Arafura Shelf → connectedTo → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Carpentaria shelf
Groote Eylandt → locatedIn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Gove Peninsula → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Dutch ship Arnhem → exploredRegion → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Yirrkala → locatedOn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
McArthur River → mouth → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
McArthur River → flowsInto → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
McArthur River → isPartOf → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin
Gove bauxite mine → nearbyWaterBody → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Gove alumina refinery → near → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Gove Harbour → locatedOn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Kaiadilt people → traditionalTerritory → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gulf of Carpentaria
Kaiadilt people → region → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Kaiadilt people → associatedWaterBody → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Burketown → isGatewayTo → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Burketown → nearBodyOfWater → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Karumba → locatedNear → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Chironex fleckeri → foundIn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Wessel Islands → nearbyRegion → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Doomadgee → near → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Wellesley Islands → locatedIn → Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ