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The catchment area of the river occupies an 3,371 square kilometres (1,302 sq mi) of which an area of 108 square kilometres (42 sq mi) is composed of riverine wetlands. [5] The catchment area is generally low and flat and is situated between the Burnett and Mary River catchments.
Calliope River catchment planning area (PDF) (Map). Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland Government. 18 November 2013. "Calliope River Basin Resource Operations Plan" (PDF). Department of Natural Resources and Water. Brisbane: Queensland Government. May 2008. ISBN 978-1-7417-2910-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016
Queensland 2008. In 2016 the Queensland Government purchased Springvale Station, a 56,295-hectare (139,110-acre) property in Lakeland. Springvale Station was purchased to add to the state's protected area network and complement activities being taken to reduce sediment run-off entering the Normanby River catchment. The Erosion Management Plan ...
The formation of Seqwater was part of the reform of water supply arrangements by the Queensland Government that commenced in 2007. As part of these reforms an integrated approach to catchment-sourced management across the South East Queensland region was adopted with the expectation that this approach would help to ensure the long term security and sustainability of the region's catchment ...
The Fitzroy River (Darumbal: Toonooba) [1] is a river in Central Queensland, Australia. Its catchment covers an area of 142,665 square kilometres (55,083 sq mi), making it the largest river catchment flowing to the eastern coast of Australia. [3] It is also the largest river basin that discharges onto the Great Barrier Reef. [4]
The river was named in 1861 by the Queensland Government, derived from the name of the town Bowen which was named in honour of Sir George Bowen, a Governor of Queensland. [1] In the 1860s, Richard Daintree made mineral discoveries along the river. [6] Daintree made the first systematic examination of the Bowen River coal seams near Collinsville ...
The Balonne-Condamine catchment area is 136,014 square kilometres (52,515 sq mi), of which an area of 603 square kilometres (233 sq mi) is composed of riverine wetlands and 559 square kilometres (216 sq mi) is estuarine wetlands.
The river is a continuation of the western branch of the Balonne River in southern Queensland, near Dirranbandi, and flows generally south-west across parts of the Darling Riverine Plains, joined by ten tributaries, including the Balonne and Birrie rivers, before forming its confluence with the Darling River near Bourke; descending 78 metres (256 ft) over its 489-kilometre (304 mi) course.