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The Burdekin River's catchment area is centred around the Seaview and Gorge Ranges in north Queensland.
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What is a well known river in Queensland?
Fitzroy River. The Fitzroy River lies in Queensland, Australia. Its catchment covers an area of 142,665 square kilometres, making it the largest river catchment flowing to the eastern coast of Australia. The river is formed by the joining of the Mackenzie and Dawson rivers at Duaringa. The catchment stretches from the Carnarvon Ranges in the west to the rivermouth in Keppel Bay, near Rockhampton. It is bounded to the north by the Burdekin River catchment area and to the south by the Burnett River catchment area. The Fitzroy was named by Charles and William Archer on 4 May 1853 in honour of Sir Charles FitzRoy, Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, as Queensland did not become a separate colony until 1859.
Is every river a catchment?
No not every river IS a catchement. Although, yes every river does have a catchment area. The catchment area is the surrounding land within a watershed in which a single river system drains.
What is the catchment area of river ganga?
The catchment area of the river is the area from which rainfall flows into a river and its side branches.
What is a Catchment Area?
The catchment or drainae basin is all the land from the mountain to to seashore, drained by a single river and its tributaries is called catchment area or drainage basin
Area of land that gives water to a river system?
This is the 'river catchment'.
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What is the area of Shire of Burdekin?
The area of Shire of Burdekin is 5,052.5 square kilometers.
What is the area drained by a river system?
This is its catchment - surrounded by its watersheds.
What is river catchment?
it is the land area of water which has around water
What is a catchment?
The catchment or drainae basin is all the land from the mountain to to seashore, drained by a single river and its tributaries is called catchment area or drainage basin
Define catchment area?
catchment area is the entire geographical area draind by a river and its truitaries; an area characterized by all run off being conveyed to the some outlet.
What is another name for a drainage basins?
Drainage basin is also called catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, and water basin. It is an area of land. All water that falls on that land flows into one river.
