| Hale River | |
| Map: | Lake eyre basin map.png |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Territory |
| Length: | 380km (240miles)[1] |
| Source1: | Mount Laughlen |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -23.2731°N 134.2367°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 748m (2,454feet)[2] |
| Mouth: | Finke River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -24.7222°N 135.7589°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 189m (620feet) |
| River System: | Lake Eyre Basin |
The Hale River is a river in the southeast of Australia's Northern Territory. Most of the year, however, it has no water.
It is alternatively known as Lhere Altera or Arletherre to the eastern Arrernte people, who are the traditional owners of much of the country it flows through.[3] [4]
The river rises at The Garden on the north slopes of Mount Laughlen in the MacDonnell Ranges about 600NaN0 northeast of Alice Springs and flows from there to the southeast along the north side of the MacDonnell Ranges. Most of its water seeps away in the western part of the Simpson Desert. Only in very wet years does it continue its course south and flows south of the border to South Australia, in Witjira National Park, into the Finke River.[2]
The Todd River mostly seeps away near the Hale River in the Simpson Desert. It only overflows into the Hale River in very wet years.
The Hale River flows through a water hole that is usually filled with water even when the river itself is dry: