Weir River (Barwon River)

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Weir River
Data
location Queensland ( Australia )
River system Murray River
Drain over Barwon River  → Darling River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
source at Cecil Plains
27 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  S , 150 ° 59 ′ 23 ″  E
Source height 358  m
muzzle Barwon River northeast of Mungindi Coordinates: 28 ° 49 ′ 56 "  S , 149 ° 6 ′ 4"  E 28 ° 49 ′ 56 "  S , 149 ° 6 ′ 4"  E
Mouth height 166  m
Height difference 192 m
Bottom slope 0.41 ‰
length 470 km
Left tributaries Waggaba Creek, Jib Creek, Tinkers Creek, Jack Creek, Western Creek, Boundary Creek, Curringudgel Creek, Booroondool Creek, Pipe Clay Creek, Yarrill Creek, Commoron Creek, Yambocully Creek
Right tributaries Cattle Creek, Waar Waar Creek, Martins Mistake Creek, Crowder Creek, Minnel Creek, Windamall Creek, Bombyanna Creek, Redbank Creek, Warril Creek, Gradna Creek
Flowing lakes Wanda Waterhole
Small towns Bungunya, Talwood
Communities Tarewinnabar, Goodar, Merriot

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

The source is west of Cecil Plains , approx. 200 km west of Brisbane and approx. 90 km west of Toowoomba . From there the river flows to the southwest through largely unpopulated area.

It reaches the border with New South Wales about 20 km northeast of Mungindi , where it joins the Barwon River , a source of the Darling River .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Map of Weir River, QLD . Bonzle.com