| Flowerdale | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the river mouth in Tasmania |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tasmania |
| Length: | 55km (34miles) |
| Source1: | Campbell Ranges |
| Source1 Location: | West Takone |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -41.1767°N 145.5742°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 543m (1,781feet) |
| Mouth: | Inglis River |
| Mouth Location: | Wynyard |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -40.9744°N 145.6614°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 16m (52feet) |
| Basin Size: | 157km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Borradale Creek, Hebe River |
| Tributaries Right: | Hardmans Creek |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before discharging into the Inglis River at Wynyard. The Flowerdale is the largest tributary system on the Inglis River and makes up approximately one-third of the 471km2 Inglis-Flowerdale catchment basin.[2]
While not tributaries of the main river system, Sisters Creek and Seabrook Creek are notable minor creeks which form part of the Inglis-Flowerdale catchment area. Annual rainfall ranges from about at the coast to greater than in the upper reaches of the catchment, some inland from Wynyard.[3]
Forestry plantations dominate the landscape in the western region of the catchment, with intensive agriculture land-use in the north and eastern regions. Because of the steep and confining nature of the topography around the Inglis and Flowerdale rivers, both have retained substantial native forests that tend to buffer the rivers from both land-use activities.[3]