Stanley River (Brisbane River)

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Stanley River
Stanley River below the Somerset Dam

Stanley River below the Somerset Dam

Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Brisbane River
Drain over Brisbane River  → Pacific Ocean
source D'Aguilar Range at Landsborough
26 ° 49 ′ 5 ″  S , 152 ° 46 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height 229  m
muzzle Brisbane River in Lake Wivenhoe Coordinates: 26 ° 57 ′ 55 "  S , 152 ° 37 ′ 8"  E, 26 ° 57 ′ 55 "  S , 152 ° 37 ′ 8"  E
Mouth height 65  m
Height difference 164 m
Bottom slope 1.9 ‰
length 86.1 km
Catchment area 1330 km²
Left tributaries Neurum Creek, Okay Creek
Right tributaries Stony Creek, Sandy Creek, Kilcoy Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Somerset , Lake Wivenhoe
Communities Peachester, Stanmore, Durundur, Villeneuve, Hazeldean

The Stanley River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

geography

River course

The river has its source in the D'Aguilar Range near Landsborough , about 65 km north of Brisbane . From there it flows south-southwest and crosses under the D'Aguilar Highway at Durundur . At Kilcoy it turns its course to the south and forms Lake Somerset , which ensured the water supply for Brisbane for about 50 years until Lake Wivenhoe was built . About 7 km below the dam, the Stanley River flows into the Brisbane River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Stony Creek - 115 m
  • Neurum Creek - 100 m
  • Sandy Creek - 97 m
  • Kilcoy Creek - 97 m
  • Oaky Creek - 97 m

Reservoirs flowed through

history

Before the two reservoirs were built, the Stanley River and Brisbane Rivers were affected by frequent floods. Despite warnings from settler Henry Somerset , who had observed a flash flood in the upper reaches of the river, the floods of Black February 1893 caused widespread flooding in Brisbane and other cities, such as. B. Fernvale .

The river once formed the northwest boundary of what was formerly Stanley County .

Flora and fauna

The riparian forest vegetation around Lake Somerset has been almost completely removed. Today there is pastureland. On the upper reaches of the river the bushland is still almost intact, but biotope networks have been destroyed and fish in the river decimated.

The gastric breeder frogs are recently extinct frogs found only on the Mary River, the Mooloolah River and the Stanley River.

Web links

Commons : Stanley River (Brisbane River)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Stanley River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ South East Queensland Regional Strategy Group: Strategic Guide to Resource Management in South East Queensland 2000, ISBN 0734517408 , p. 100.
  3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 4 + 5