Comet River
| Comet River | ||
 Comet River at Rolleston |
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| Data | ||
| location | Queensland , Australia | |
| River system | Fitzroy River | |
| Drain over | Mackenzie River → Fitzroy River → Coral Sea | |
| source | north of Purbrook in the Expedition Range 24 ° 43 ′ 39 ″ S , 148 ° 43 ′ 28 ″ E |
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| Source height | 237 m | |
| confluence |
Mackenzie River north of Comet Coordinates: 23 ° 4 ′ 5 " S , 148 ° 40 ′ 43" E 23 ° 4 ′ 5 " S , 148 ° 40 ′ 43" E |
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| Mouth height | 153 m | |
| Height difference | 84 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.53 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 160 km | |
| Catchment area | 17,295 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Brown River , Christmas Creek, Grateful Ponds Creek, Meteor Creek, Orion Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Clematis Creek, Crescent Creek, American Gully, Planet Creek, Canary Creek, Humboldt Creek, Sirius Creek, Triumph Creek, Minerva Creek, Boundary Creek, Eight Mile Creek, Yanko Creek | |
| Flowing lakes | Teatree waterhole | |
| Small towns | Rollestone , Comet | |
The Comet River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Queensland .
Surname
Ludwig Leichhardt from Prussia named the Comet River on his first expedition to Australia after a comet that he sighted over Australia on December 23, 1844.
geography
River course
The river arises in the Expedition Range north of the settlement of Purbrook and the Nuga-Nuga National Park from the Brown River and Clematis Creek . It flows north and passes under Carnarvon Developmental Road and Dawson Highway at their intersection in the small town of Rolleston . In the small town of Comet , the Comet River crosses under the Capricorn Highway and a few kilometers further north, together with the Nogoa River, forms the Mackenzie River .
The Comet River Weir is the main weir on the river. At the end of the 1990s, a large reservoir was to be built on the Comet River, but that never happened.
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Brown River - 237 m
- Clematis Creek - 237 m
- Crescent Creek - 219 meters
- Christmas Creek - 210 m
- American Gully - 209 m
- Grateful Ponds Creek - 206 m
- Meteor Creek - 202 m
- Planet Creek - 201 m
- Canary Creek - 199 m
- Humboldt Creek - 178 m
- Orion Creek - 178 m
- Sirius Creek - 168 m
- Triumph Creek - 167 m
- Minerva Creek - 158 m
- Boundary Creek - 157 m
- Eight Mile Creek - 156 m
- Yanko Creek - 154 m
Flowing lakes
- Teatree Waterhole - 190 m
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Comet River, QLD . Bonzle.com
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 10
- ↑ Comet, Nogoa and Mackenzie rivers . In: State of the Rivers report . Department of Environment and Resource Management (Queensland). October 23, 2008. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ Ludwig Leichhardt: The first crossing of Australia: 1844-1846 . Revised according to his diaries, provided with an introduction and evidence. Ed .: Franz Braumann. Thienemann, Edition Erdmann, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-522-60230-7 , pp. 62-63 .
