Ross River

Ross River may refer to:

  • Ross River (Northern Territory), a triburtary of Todd River near Alice Springs
  • Ross River (Queensland), the main river that flows through Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Ross River Dam, located at the end of Riverway Drive in the City of Townsville
  • Ross River (Yukon), one of the main tributaries of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada
    • Ross River, Yukon, an unincorporated community found where the Ross River meets the Pelly
    • Ross River Dena Council, a First Nations group in Ross River
    • Ross River Airport, the airport that serves the community
  • Ross River virus, an arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus
  • Ross River Fever, a mosquito-transmitted Alphavirus

Famous quotes containing the words ross and/or river:

    The New Yorker will be the magazine which is not edited for the old lady from Dubuque.
    —Harold W. Ross (1892–1951)

    The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of the globe reach even to us here, as to more distant dwellers on its banks; many a poet’s stream, floating the helms and shields of heroes on its bosom.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)