Bremer River (Brisbane River)
| Bremer River | ||
 Railway bridge over the Bremer River in Ipswich |
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| Data | ||
| location | Queensland , Australia | |
| River system | Brisbane River | |
| Drain over | Brisbane River → Pacific Ocean | |
| source | Mount Fraser 27 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ S , 152 ° 25 ′ 48 ″ O |
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| Source height | 132 m | |
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Brisbane River near Ipswich Coordinates: 27 ° 34'59 " S , 152 ° 51'19" E 27 ° 34'59 " S , 152 ° 51'19" E |
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| Mouth height | 4 m | |
| Height difference | 128 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.5 ‰ | |
| length | 86.9 km | |
| Catchment area | 2032 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Western Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Warrill Creek, Bundamba Creek | |
| Medium-sized cities | Ipswich | |
| Communities | Rosevale, Merryvale, Mount Walker, Lower Mount Walker | |
 Upper course in Roadvale |
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 Bremer River near Ipswich (1872) |
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The Bremer River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland .
geography
River course
The river drains various valleys of the Scenic Rim , such as the Fassifern Valley . Its headwaters are bounded in the west by the Little Liverpool Range and in the south-southwest by the Main Range . To the east, Flinders Peak and Teviot Range form the border. The Bremer River rises on the northern slopes of Mount Fraser in the Great Dividing Range west of the Main Range National Park. From there it flows north-northeast and turns south of Rosewood its course to east-northeast. It flows through the city of Ipswich and flows north of it into the Brisbane River .
The Bremer River and its tributaries have a catchment area of 2,032 km². Most of the valleys in the catchment area have pronounced river terraces .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Western Creek - 40 m
- Warrill Creek - 16 m
- Bundamba Creek - 7 m
history
John Oxley and Allan Cunningham named the watercourse, which they found in 1824, initially Bremer's Creek after Captain James Gordon Bremer , whose ship HMS Tamar was at that time carrying out contract voyages in the colony of New South Wales .
Before the completion of the Ipswich to Brisbane railroad in 1875, the river served as an important waterway between the two cities.
Water pollution
The river is prone to flooding and is considered to be heavily polluted. It does not get enough water from its tributaries to serve the needs of the people on its banks and at the same time to flush out dirt. Therefore, the water quality is poor and the water is very cloudy. There are many nutrients and bacteria in the river, especially when sewage and Ipswich's rain runoff come together. The natural riparian forest vegetation was almost completely removed, so that the river banks are now overgrown with weeds. On the lower reaches, the river suffers not only from the sewage discharged and floods from the agricultural areas, but also from the sewage from slaughterhouses.
In 2008, the annual water quality survey awarded the Bremer River level F, which is the worst possible. Heavy metals such as mercury, chromium, nickel and cadmium were found in the Warrill Creek tributary in 2009 . Sewage from RAAF Base Amberley was identified as the cause of the pollution . But they did not reach the Bremer River itself.
Water supply
The Lake Moogerah was on the upper reaches of the Reynolds Creek , a tributary of the Bremer River. The reservoir provides drinking water for cities like Boonah and irrigates grain fields and cattle pastures.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Bremer River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ A b Strategic Guide to Natural Resource Management in South East Queensland . South East Queensland Regional Strategic Group. November 2000, ISBN 0-7345-1740-8 , p. 105.
- ^ Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Queensland - Brisbane River. (No longer available online.) In: Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, archived from the original on October 8, 2009 ; Retrieved July 16, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 6.
- ^ Ipswich - Culture and History. In: theage.com.au. Fairfax Digital, archived from the original on April 27, 2014 ; Retrieved December 8, 2009 .
- ^ Paddle Steamer Trade Between Ipswich And Brisbane On The Bremer River. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 9, 2008 ; Retrieved January 30, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b William C. Dennison, Eva G. Abal: Moreton Bay Study: A Scientific Basis for the Healthy Waterways Campaign . South East Queensland Regional Water Quality Management Strategy Team, Brisbane 1999, ISBN 0-9586368-1-8 , pp. 190 .
- ↑ Tony Moore: Brisbane's rivers, creeks in ailing health: report. In: Brisbane Times. Fairfax Digital, October 22, 2008, accessed September 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Nikole Jacobi and Francis Tapim: 'Exhaustive investigation' into Amberley creek contamination. In: ABC News Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , September 8, 2009, accessed September 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Emma Pollard: Defense Dept to fix Amberley base creek pollution. In: ABC News Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 17, 2009; accessed December 17, 2009 .
- ↑ Latest River Heights for Reynolds Ck at Moogerah Dam. (No longer available online.) Australian Government - Bureau of Meteorology, archived from the original on July 23, 2012 ; Retrieved September 24, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
