Comet River

Coordinates: 23°33′21″S 148°32′11″E / 23.55583°S 148.53639°E / -23.55583; 148.53639
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Comet
The Comet River near Rolleston
Comet River is located in Queensland
Comet River
Location of Comet River mouth in Queensland
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionCentral Queensland
TownshipRolleston; Comet
Physical characteristics
SourceExpedition Range
Source confluenceBrown River and Clematis Creek
 • locationsouth of Rolleston
 • coordinates24°43′40″S 148°43′30″E / 24.72778°S 148.72500°E / -24.72778; 148.72500
 • elevation237 m (778 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Nogoa River to form the Mackenzie River
 • location
north of Comet
 • coordinates
23°33′21″S 148°32′11″E / 23.55583°S 148.53639°E / -23.55583; 148.53639
 • elevation
144 m (472 ft)
Length294 km (183 mi)
Basin size16,460 km2 (6,360 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
River systemFitzroy River
National parkExpedition National Park
[2][3]

The Comet River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Formed by the

course. The river is crossed by the Dawson Highway at Rolleston and the Capricorn Highway at Comet.[2]
The river traverses elevations between 144 and 1,243 m above mean sea level.[1]

Water management

The Comet River Weir is the main water storage facility on the river, with a surface area of 13 hectares (32 acres) when full.[3] In the late 1990s the river was proposed as the site for the Starlee Dam 16km north of Rolleston. The dam with a capacity of up to 1.3 million megalitres would have inundated the town of Rolleston, but was scrapped by the Queensland Government due to "significant and severe impacts" on the environment.[4]

History

Wadja (also known as Wadjigu, Wadya, Wadjainngo, Mandalgu, and Wadjigun) is an Australian Aboriginal language in Central Queensland. The language region includes the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda and Central Highlands Region, including the Blackdown Tablelands. the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 202194042
    . Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Map of Comet River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Map of Comet River (the weir), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Santos GLNG GFD Project-NICH Technical Report" (PDF). October 2014.
  5. CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Wadja". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland
    . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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