Stuart River (Boyne River)

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Stuart River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Burnett River
Drain over Boyne River  → Burnett River  → Coral Sea
source Mount Kiangarow ( Bunya Mountains )
26 ° 48 ′ 50 ″  S , 151 ° 32 ′ 7 ″  E
Source height 365  m
muzzle Boyne River in Lake Boondooma Coordinates: 26 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  S , 151 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E, 26 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  S , 151 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 293  m
Height difference 72 m
Bottom slope 3.2 ‰
length 22.7 km
Catchment area 65 km²
Left tributaries Lambing Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Boondooma
Medium-sized cities Kingaroy
Small towns Kumbia
Communities Wikesdale

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

geography

River course

The river has its source on the northern slopes of Mount Kiangarow in the Bunya Mountains , part of the Great Dividing Range . From there it flows first to the northeast to the western outskirts of Kingaroy . There it turns its course to the northwest and flows about 18 km west of the small town of Proston into Lake Boondooma and thus into the Boyne River .

The catchment area of ​​the river is quite small by Australian standards at only 65 km².

Tributaries with mouth heights

  • Lambing Creek - 293 m

Reservoirs flowed through

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Map of Rawbelle River, QLD . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ A b Water resources - Overview - Queensland: Groundwater Management Unit: Stuart River . In: Australian Natural Resources Atlas . Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. June 15, 2009. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 16, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anra.gov.au
  3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 9