Thomson River (Queensland)
Thomson | |
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Muttaburra | |
• elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
Lake Eyre Basin | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Landsborough Creek, Darr River |
[1][2] |
The Thomson River is a
The river was named in 1847 by the explorer,
History
Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of
Course and features
Draining the Alma Range, part of the western slopes of the
The river continues in a south westerly direction, passing the towns of Longreach,
As with all of the rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin, the waters of the Thomson never reach the sea, and instead either evaporate, or, in exceptional flood, empty into Lake Eyre. Floods are relatively common within the catchment because of the summer monsoon rains.[7] Due to the flat nature of the country traversed, the river can then become many kilometres wide. For much of the time, however, the river does not flow, and becomes a line of billabongs,[6] of which fifteen are named.[1]
The area through which the river flows is
See also
- Great Artesian Basin
- Lake Galilee (Queensland)
- List of rivers of Australia
- Rivers of Queensland
- water managementscheme involving the Thomson River
References
- ^ a b c "Map of Thomson River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Government. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Towner, A. C. (1962). "An outline of the history of Western Queensland" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 6 (4). Brisbane: Royal Historical Society of Queensland, State Library of Queensland: 781. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Travel: Longreach". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology.
- ^ "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Surface Water Management Area: Cooper Creek (Qld)". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
External links
- "Healthy waterways, rivers and wetlands – protecting the water quality of the Thomson River catchment" (PDF). Department of Natural Resources and Mines. State of Queensland. 2014.
- "Practical adaptation to climate change in regional natural resource management" (PDF). Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Toowoomba: State of Queensland. 2007.