Fanning River

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Fanning River
Data
location Queensland , Australia
River system Burdekin River
Drain over Burdekin River  → Coral Sea
confluence Hervey Range
19 ° 26 ′ 24 ″  S , 146 ° 31 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height 287  m
muzzle Burdekin River north of Sellheim Coordinates: 19 ° 59 ′ 9 ″  S , 146 ° 25 ′ 54 ″  E 19 ° 59 ′ 9 ″  S , 146 ° 25 ′ 54 ″  E
Mouth height 221  m
Height difference 66 m
Bottom slope 1.6 ‰
length 42.3 km
Left tributaries Fanning River East Branch, Station Creek
Right tributaries Fanning River West Branch
Communities Fanning River, Linden Hills, Virginia Park

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

geography

River course

The river arises on the western slopes of the Hervey Range , about 38 km southwest of Townsville from the Fanning River West Branch and the Fanning River East Branch . From there it flows south and flows into the Burdekin River about 4 km northeast of the Sellheim settlement on the Flinders Highway , about 15 km east of Charters Towers .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Individual evidence

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