Basalt River
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| location | Queensland , Australia | |
| River system | Burdekin River | |
| Drain over | Burdekin River → Coral Sea | |
| source | east of Reedy Springs 19 ° 56 ′ 46 ″ S , 144 ° 48 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| Source height | 750 m | |
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Burdekin River north of Charters Towers Coordinates: 19 ° 37 ′ 54 " S , 145 ° 52 ′ 42" E 19 ° 37 ′ 54 " S , 145 ° 52 ′ 42" E |
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| Mouth height | 277 m | |
| Height difference | 473 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.6 ‰ | |
| length | 179 km | |
| Catchment area | 2900 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Harry Creek, Wyandotte Creek, Little Limestone Creek, Gorge Creek, Sandy Creek, Stockyard Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Ezzy Creek, Jacko Creek | |
| Communities | Cargoon, Cuba Plains, Bluff Downs, Hillgrove | |
The Basalt River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Queensland .
geography
River course
The river rises east of the Reedy Springs settlement on the east flank of the Great Dividing Range and flows east, parallel to the Great Basalt Wall further south. About 60 kilometers north of Charters Towers it passes under the Gregory Developmental Road and flows into the Burdekin River .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Harry Creek - 693 m
- Ezzy Creek - 671 m
- Wyandotte Creek - 623 m
- Little Limestone Creek - 568 m
- Jacko Creek - 458 m
- Gorge Creek - 323 m
- Sandy Creek - 316 m
- Stockyard Creek -285 m
Hydrology and agriculture
The Basalt River has a series of large, deep and permanently filled with clear water water holes. The land in its catchment area is mainly used as pasture for cattle.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Basalt River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ Burdekin River . Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13
- ^ Upper Burdekin Basin . NQ Dry Tropics .. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
