Boyne River (Coral Sea)

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Boyne River
Lake Awoonga on the Boyne River

Lake Awoonga on the Boyne River

Data
location Queensland , Australia
River system Boyne River
source at Bullyan in the Bobby Range
24 ° 29 ′ 35 ″  S , 151 ° 28 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 371  m
muzzle Coral Sea between Boyne Island and Tannum Sands Coordinates: 23 ° 56 ′ 21 ″  S , 151 ° 21 ′ 20 ″  E 23 ° 56 ′ 21 ″  S , 151 ° 21 ′ 20 ″  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 371 m
Bottom slope 3 ‰
length 125 km
Left tributaries Glassford Creek, Deception Creek, Station Creek, Ridler Creek, Degulgil Creek, Marble Creek, Diglum Creek
Right tributaries Blackmans Creek, Ubobo Creek, Oaky Creek, Norton Creek, Eastern Boyne River , Iveragh Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Awoonga
Small towns Bullyan, Littlemore, Ubobo, Nagoorin, Wietalaba, Beyndale, Barmandu, Tannum Sands, Boyne Island
Communities Bompa, Littlemere, Ubobo Island, Milton, Taragoola, Riverbend, Alkina, Riverview, Wurdong Heights

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

geography

River course

The river has its source around ten kilometers northeast of the small town of Bullyan in the northern Bobby Range . From there it first flows southwest to Many Peaks, where it turns its course to the north. It passes Castle Tower National Park and forms Lake Awoonga to the north , a reservoir that is about 30 kilometers south of the coastal town of Gladstone and provides it with drinking water. He leaves the reservoir again heading northeast, crosses under the Bruce Highway at Riverview and flows into the Coral Sea between the small towns of Boyne Island and Tannum Stands , around 15 kilometers southeast of Gladstone .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Glassford Creek - 118 m
  • Deception Creek - 116 m
  • Station Creek - 105 m
  • Blackmans Creek - 98 m
  • Ridler Creek - 83 m
  • Ubobo Creek - 72 m
  • Degulgil Creek - 63 m
  • Oaky Creek - 62 m
  • Norton Creek - 60 m
  • Marble Creek - 48 m
  • Eastern Boyne River - 41 m
  • Diglum Creek - 41 m
  • Iveragh Creek - 41 m

Reservoirs flowed through

history

The river was discovered and named by John Oxley because he reminded him of the River Boyne in Ireland . In 1980 the two sister cities Boyne Island and Tannum Sands were connected by a bridge.

See also

Web links

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. 11