Belyando River
Belyando Belyando River (Western Branch) | |
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Location of Belyando River mouth in Queensland | |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | Queensland |
Region | Central Queensland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Drummond Range |
• location | below Mount Narounya |
• coordinates | 24°02′49″S 147°09′27″E / 24.04694°S 147.15750°E |
• elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
2nd source | Belyando River (Western Branch) |
• location | west of Lochington |
• coordinates | 23°55′56″S 147°02′21″E / 23.93222°S 147.03917°E |
• elevation | 447 m (1,467 ft) |
Lake Dalrymple | |
• coordinates | 21°25′26″S 146°53′8″E / 21.42389°S 146.88556°E |
• elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
Length | 1,054 km (655 mi) |
Basin size | 35,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Burdekin River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Carmichael River |
National parks | Narrien Range National Park; Epping Forest National Park |
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The Belyando River, including the Belyando River (Western Branch), is a river system in Central Queensland, Australia. At 1,054 kilometres (655 mi) in length and with a catchment area of 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi), the Belyando River system is one of the longest rivers in Queensland.
It is pronounced Bel-yando.[4]
Course and features
Comprising a mix of
The river system has a catchment area of a little more than 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi).[6] Land use in the catchment is dominated by grazing with some cropping. Some of the catchment is included in the Narrien Range National Park and the Epping Forest National Park.[6]
History
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Belyando River are the various indigenous Wakelbura people, including the various smaller Auanbura, Dorobura, and Metherabura clans.[7]
The first European to discover the river was explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1846 on his fourth and last expedition.[10]
The
In 2015 the Adani Group applied for a water licence to extract up to 12.5 gigalitres (2.75×109 imp gal; 3.30×109 US gal) per year from the Belyando River for use at the Carmichael coal mine.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Map of Belyando River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of Belyando River, QLD (2)". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Map of Belyando River (Western Branch), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "The history of names: Mackay district". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Surface Water Management Area: Belyando / Suttor". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Belyando River Basin". NQ Dry Tropics. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The Native Tribes of South-East Australia. London: Macmillan and Co. p. 62.
- ^ "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yagalingu". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- Isaac Regional Council. Archived from the originalon 3 November 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ "Stranded residents may need more food drops". ABC News. Australia. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "SEIS Appendix 20 - Application to take water from the Belyando River" (PDF). Adani Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
External links
- Pinchin, J. (1978). "A seismic investigation of the eastern margin of the Galilee Basin, Queensland" (PDF). BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics (3). Geoscience Australia: 193–202.