Burdekin River
The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over 200 kilometres (124 mi) to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approximately 130,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi). The Burdekin River is Australia's largest river by (peak) discharge volume.: 5
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Burdekin River, 2005, taken from the Burdekin Bridge | |
Location of Burdekin River mouth in Queensland | |
| Etymology | Thomas Burdekin |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | North Queensland, Far North Queensland |
| Settlements | Charters Towers, Home Hill |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Seaview Range |
| • location | near Ingham |
| • coordinates | 18°42′12″S 145°44′23″E |
| • elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
| Mouth | Coral Sea |
• location | Upstart Bay |
• coordinates | 19°38′49″S 147°29′14″E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 886 km (551 mi) |
| Basin size | 129,700 km2 (50,100 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 380 m3/s (13,000 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 40,000 m3/s (1,400,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Running River, Fanning River, Kirk River |
| • right | Dry River (Queensland), Clarke River (Queensland), Basalt River, Broughton River (Queensland), Cape River (Queensland), Suttor River, Bowen River (Queensland), Bogie River |
| Reservoir and lakes | Lake Dalrymple; Lamonds Lagoon |
The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named in honour of Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of the expedition.
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