Balonne River

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Balonne River
Balonne River in St. George in Southwest Queensland

Balonne River in St. George in Southwest Queensland

Data
location Queensland , Australia
River system Murray River
Drain over Culgoa River  → Darling River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
Renaming of Condamine River , between Condamine and Surat
27 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 149 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height 274  m
Branches in the floodplain Culgoa River at Dirranbandi, Bokhara River and Narran River Coordinates: 28 ° 43 '27 "  S , 148 ° 3' 4"  E, 28 ° 43 '27 "  S , 148 ° 3' 4"  E
Mouth height 165  m
Height difference 109 m
Bottom slope 0.23 ‰
length 479 km
Left tributaries Kangaroo Creek, Thuraggi Channel, St. Helena Creek
Right tributaries Dogwood Creek, Yuleba Creek, Lynn Creek, Tartulla Creek, Maranoa River , Bullabala Creek, Quart Pot Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Kajarabie
Medium-sized cities Surat , St. George
Small towns Warkon, Morocco, Kurray, Whyenbah, Dirranbandi

The Balonne River is a river in the south of the Australian state of Queensland .

East of Condamine it is called Condamine River and then changes its name. This is because different explorers explored and named rivers in different places, and it was only later that it was discovered that it was the same river. But the traditional names remained. The Balonne River flows to the southwest, where it splits into several rivers at Dirranbandi in a floodplain.

To the west branches off there from the Culgoa River , which joins 67 kilometers west of the city of Brewarrina with the Barwon River to form the Darling River . The other arm continues to be called the Balonne River , but soon splits into the Bokhara River and Narran River . The Bokhara River flows into the Barwon River after around 160 kilometers. The Narran River flows in a wetland into the outflowless Narran Lake .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Balonne River , VIC ( English ) In: Bonzle.com . Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Map of Balonne River , Old ( English ) In: Bonzle.com . Retrieved January 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ Alec H. Chisholm: The Australian Encyclopaedia ( English ), Volume Volume 1. Halstead Press, Sydney 1963, p. 406, Balonne River.
  4. ↑ Rod Harrison, Ernie James, Chris Sully, Bill Classon, Joy Eckermann: Queensland Dams ( English ). Australian Fishing Network, Bayswater, Victoria 2008, ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4 , p. 155.