The river rises at the northern end of the
Gregory Range and flows west to the north but roughly parallel with the
Gulf Developmental Road until discharging into the
Norman River of which it is a tributary near the town of
Normanton. It flows thorough many temporary and permanent waterholes through the journey including Rope Hole. The Carron has five
tributaries including Rocky Creek, Foote Creek, Tabletop Creek, Ten Mile Creek and Telephone Creek. The
traditional owners of the area to the north of the Carron are the
Walangama people and to the south are the
Kurtjar people. The river is named after William Carron, second in command of the
Edmund Kennedy expedition in 1848. Carron was the expedition
botanist and one of the three survivors of the venture. In 1872 the Carron and Norman Rivers were all in full flood with of rain falling over the course of two days. Severe flooding was also experienced in 2011. ==See also==