Brown River (Comet River)

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Brown River
Data
location Queensland , Australia
River system Fitzroy River
Drain over Comet River  → Mackenzie River  → Fitzroy River  → Coral Sea
source Carnarvon Range, west of Expedition National Park
24 ° 56 ′ 14 ″  S , 148 ° 39 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height 292  m
confluence Comet River north of Purbrook Coordinates: 24 ° 43 ′ 37 "  S , 148 ° 43 ′ 27"  E 24 ° 43 ′ 37 "  S , 148 ° 43 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height 237  m
Height difference 55 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.77 ‰
length approx. 71.5 km
Left tributaries Spring Creek, Moolayember Creek, Carnarvon Creek
Right tributaries Arcadia Creek, Fantail Creek
Flowing lakes Lake Nuga Nuga

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

geography

River course

The river arises in the eastern Carnarvon Range , west of Expedition National Park from Arcadia Creek and Spring Creek . It flows north-northwest into Lake Nuga Nuga . It leaves the lake again at its north-west end and borders the subsequent Nuga-Nuga National Park in the west. From there it continues its course to the north-northeast and forms the Comet River together with the Clematis Creek north of the settlement of Purbrook .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Flowing lakes

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of Brown River, QLD (292 m - 262 m) . Bonzle.com
  2. ↑ a b Map of Brown River, QLD (262 m - 237 m) . Bonzle.com
  3. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 8 + 10