Boyne River (Burnett River)

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Boyne River
Four-wheel drive crossing of the Boyne River

Four-wheel drive crossing of the Boyne River

Data
location Queensland , Australia
River system Burnett River
Drain over Burnett River  → Coral Sea
source Bunya Mountains
26 ° 45 ′ 28 ″  S , 151 ° 31 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height 687  m
muzzle Burnett River at Mundubbera Coordinates: 25 ° 37 ′ 57 ″  S , 151 ° 13 ′ 22 ″  E 25 ° 37 ′ 57 ″  S , 151 ° 13 ′ 22 ″  E
Mouth height 122  m
Height difference 565 m
Bottom slope 2.5 ‰
length 230 km
Left tributaries Ironpot Creek, Johnson Creek, Waterloo Creek, Boondooma Creek, Waringa Creek, Toondahra Creek, Derrarabungy Creek, Derri Derra Creek
Right tributaries Broad Creek, Garden Creek, Goggs Creek, Lawsons Broad Creek, Groy Creek, Jua Creek, Stuart River , Geer Creek, Wigton Creek, Barabara Creek, Coongoobar Creek, Coocher Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Boondooma
Small towns Boondooma

The Boyne River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

River course

The river has its source on the northern edge of the Bunya Mountains , around 35 kilometers southwest of the city of Kingaroy . From there it flows to the northwest and forms the reservoir of the same name near the small town of Boondooma . At the north end it exits again and continues its course to the north-west. About 10 kilometers southwest of Mundubbera it flows into the Burnett River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Ironpot Creek - 359 m
  • Broad Creek - 354 m
  • Johnson Creek - 337 m
  • Garden Creek - 333 m
  • Waterloo Creek - 332 m
  • Goggs Creek - 309 m
  • Lawsons Broad Creek - 304 m
  • Groy Creek - 297 m
  • Boondooma Creek - 293 m
  • Warringa Creek - 293 m
  • Jua Creek - 293 m
  • Stuart River - 293 m
  • Geer Creek - 191 m
  • Wigton Creek - 180 m
  • Barabara Creek - 159 m
  • Toondahra Creek - 154 m
  • Derrarabungy Creek - 152 m
  • Coongoobar Creek - 149 m
  • Coocher Creek - 141 m
  • Derri Derra Creek - 116 m

Reservoirs flowed through

See also

Web links

Commons : Boyne River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Boyne River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 9