Broken River (Bowen River)

Broken River
Broken River in Eungella National Park
Data
location	Queensland , Australia
River system	Burdekin River
Drain over	Bowen River  → Burdekin River  → Coral Sea
source	at Palms Lookout, at the southern tip of Eungella National Park 21 ° 14 ′ 18 ″  S , 148 ° 32 ′ 25 ″  E
Source height	793  m
muzzle	Bowen River at Tent Hill (Clark Range) Coordinates: 20 ° 59 ′ 58 "  S , 148 ° 21 ′ 27"  E 20 ° 59 ′ 58 "  S , 148 ° 21 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height	148  m
Height difference	645 m
Bottom slope	6.2 ‰
length	104 km
Left tributaries	Spring Creek, Furios Creek, Black Gin Creek, Turn Back Creek, Alice Creek
Right tributaries	Dry Creek, Bee Creek, Salitros Creek, Massey Creek, Urannah Creek, Grant Creek, Emu Creek
Flowing lakes	Lake Eungella
Communities	Palms Lookout, Catherine's Lookout

The Broken River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

River course

The river has its source at the Palms Lokkout settlement on the southern tip of the Eungella National Park , about 140 kilometers south-southeast of Bowen . From there it first flows west into Lake Eungella . It leaves this lake again at its north end and flows through the Broken River Range to the north-north-west and north-west. At Tent Hill it forms the Bowen River together with the Little Bowen River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Spring Creek - 582 m
• Dry Creek - 578 m
• Bee Creek - 391 m
• Furios Creek - 303 m
• Salitros Creek - 285 m
• Massey Creek - 268 m
• Urannah Creek - 241 m
• Black Gin Creek - 219 m
• Turn Back Creek - 210 m
• Grant Creek - 202 m
• Alice Creek - 178 m
• Emu Creek - 163 m

Flowing lakes

• Lake Eungella - 564 m

See also

• List of rivers in Queensland
• List of rivers in Australia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Map of Broken River, QLD . Bonzle.com
2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 10