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Dry Tropics
NQ Dry Tropics (formerly Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM) is the natural resource management body for the Burdekin Dry Tropics region. Based in Townsville, it is an independent, community based, not-for-profit organisation that has been delivering on-ground Natural Resource Management (NRM) activities since 2005 to enhance the sustainability of the region's natural resources including water, soil and biodiversity. The economy of the NQ Dry Tropics region is heavily reliant upon natural resources based industries, particularly agriculture. Agriculture is by far the most important employer in the rural areas of the region with well established grazing, sugarcane and horticultural industries. Other major industries include mining, energy and tourism. History The National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAPSWQ) and the Natural Heritage Trust Extension (NHT2) were natural resource management programs established by the Australian Government, in partnership with State Governments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Resource Management
Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations ( stewardship). Natural resource management deals with managing the way in which people and natural landscapes interact. It brings together natural heritage management, land use planning, water management, bio-diversity conservation, and the future sustainability of industries like agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries and forestry. It recognizes that people and their livelihoods rely on the health and productivity of our landscapes, and their actions as stewards of the land play a critical role in maintaining this health and productivity. Natural resource management specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the Life-supporting capacity of those resources. Environmental management is similar to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken River (Queensland)
Eungella National Park ( ; meaning "Land of the clouds") is a protected area in Queensland, Australia. It is on the Clarke Range at the end of the Pioneer Valley 80 km west of Mackay, and 858 km northwest of Brisbane. Eungella is noted for the national park which surrounds it. It is considered to be the longest continual stretch of sub-tropical rainforest in Australia. The original inhabitants are the Wirri people. The park is covered by dense rainforest and is known for its platypuses. Regional description Eungella National Park is located on an isolated massif about 80 km west of Mackay in North–central Queensland.Winter, J., and K. R. McDonald. 1986. Eungella: the land of the cloud. Australian Natural History 22:39-43. The Eungella Plateau rises to 1259m at Mt Dalrymple and to similar elevation at Mt William, forming part of the Clarke Range.Kitching, R. L., D. Bickel, A. C. Creagh, K. Hurley, and C. Symonds. 2004. The biodiversity of Diptera in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation For Australia
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was developed for use as a planning tool, for example for the establishment of a national reserve system. The first version of IBRA was developed in 1993–94 and published in 1995. Within the broadest scale, Australia is a major part of the Australasia biogeographic realm, as developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Based on this system, the world is also split into 14 terrestrial habitats, of which eight are shared by Australia. The Australian land mass is divided into 89 bioregions and 419 subregions. Each region is a land area made up of a group of interacting ecosystems that are repeated in similar form across the landscape. IBRA is updated periodically based on new data, mapping improvements, and review of the existing scheme. The most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suttor River
The Suttor River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia. The Belyando River is its main tributary. The river has its origins in the Leichhardt Range, north west of Glenden. It flows into Lake Dalrymple, becoming a tributary of the Burdekin River. Geography A DIWA wetlands can be found along the course of the river. The wetland known as the Scartwater Aggregation is a floodplain upstream from Lake Dalrymple where the river is split into two major channels by Scartwater Hill, a sandstone outcrop, the channels contain two large permanent waterholes. History Jangga, also known as Yangga, is a language of Central Queensland. The Jangga language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Etheridge Shire Council. The river was named after William Henry Suttor on 7 March 1845 by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington. Suttor had given Leichhardt some bullocks for his expedition. The Suttor Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star River
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye, all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Its total mass is the main factor determining its evolution and eventual fate. A star shines for most of its active life due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellheim River , a town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
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Sellheim may refer to: People * Gert Sellheim, a German-Australian artist * Hugo Sellheim, a pioneering physician in the field of gynecology and obstetrics * Katharina Sellheim, born 1976, German pianist and academic * Konstantin Sellheim, born 1978, German violist and academic * Philip Frederic Sellheim, a pastoralist and mining official in Queensland, Australia * Victor Sellheim, an Australian military officer during the Second Boer War and World War I Places * Sellheim, Queensland Sellheim is a town in the locality of Breddan in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Sellheim is in the most easterly part of Breddan beside the Burdekin River where the Burdekin River Rail Bridge is located (). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running River
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion.Biewener, A. A. 2003. Animal Locomotion. Oxford University Press, US. books.google.com/ref> A feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring-mass mechanics is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride occur simultaneously, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity. The term running can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting. Running in humans is associated with improved health and life expectancy. It is assumed that the ancestors of humankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross River (Queensland)
The Ross River is a river located in northern Queensland, Australia. The long river flows through the city of Townsville and empties into the Coral Sea. It is the major waterway flowing through Townsville and the city's main source of drinking water. The river is named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (-1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. Course and features The river rises in the Hervey Range below Pepper Pot Mountain and flows generally north through Lake Ross, across a flat coastal plain and east around into Townsville city. The Ross River flows across the Townsville suburbs of , , , , , and . The river is joined by three minor tributaries including Ross Creek, before reaching its mouth south east of Townsville. This area is currently being developed into a marina precinct. Flow rates in the river are controlled by the Ross River Dam, the largest dam in the catchment. There are seven crossings over the river and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haughton River
The Haughton River is a river located in North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise in the Haughton Valley of the Leichhardt Range near Mingela and flow in a north easterly direction almost immediately crossing the Flinders Highway. The river then passes between Mount Prince Charles and Mount Norman then past Glendale. Major Creek discharges into the Haughton under Major Creek Mountain and the river continues crossing the Bruce Highway just south of Giru. The Haughton enters Bowling Green Bay National Park and finally discharges into Bowling Green Bay south of Townsville near Cungulla and then into the Coral Sea. The assessed catchment area of the river varies, with one estimate of the area at and another assessed at . Of this latter area, is composed of estuarine wetlands. The floodplain area of the catchment also holds valuable wetlands, parts of the Bowling Green Bay National Park and Ramsar site (QDEH 1991) are listed in the Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanning River
Fanning may refer to: * Fanning (bees), a behaviour of worker bees signalling an entrance to a hive * Fanning (firearms), a shooting technique in which one hand holds a revolver and the other hits the hammer repeatedly * Fanning (surname) * Fanning friction factor, a dimensionless number used in fluid flow calculations * Fan dance, a dance art form * USS ''Fanning'', ships of the United States Navy Places * Cape Fanning, Antarctica * Fanning Ridge, South Georgia Island * Fanning, Kansas, United States * Fanning, Missouri, United States * Tabuaeran Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of Kiribati. The land area is , and the population in 2015 was 2,315. The maximum elevation is about 3 m (10 f ..., also known as Fanning Atoll or Fanning Island, one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean See also * Fan (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dry River (Queensland)
Dry River may refer to: Waterways ;In Australia * Dry River (New South Wales), a tributary of the Murrah River in the South Coast region of New South Wales * Dry River (Northern Territory) * Dry River (Queensland), a tributary of the Burdekin River * Dry River (Victoria), a tributary of the Mitchell River catchment in the Alpine region of Victoria ;In Jamaica * Dry River (Jamaica) ;In New Zealand * Dry River (New Zealand), a river in the North Island of New Zealand ;In the United States * Dry River (Crooked River), a river in Oregon * Dry River (New Hampshire) * Dry River (Virginia) Other uses *"Dry River", a song by Dave Alvin from his album '' Blue Blvd'' See also * Dry Creek (other) Dry Creek may refer to: * Arroyo (creek) – a type of dry creek * Wadi – a type of dry creek, most commonly found in the Middle East Communities ;Australia *Dry Creek, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide *Dry Creek railway station, a statio ... * Dry (other) * Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don River (Queensland)
The Don River is a river located in North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Don River rises in the Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Roundhill and west of . The river flows generally north by northeast through the Eungella National Park and is joined by thirteen minor tributaries, towards its mouth and empties into the Coral Sea north of . With a catchment area of , the river descends over its course. High salinity levels have been recorded at the mouth of the river. Land use in the upper catchment is mostly beef cattle production with crops grown in the richer soils downstream. The river is crossed by the Bruce Highway via the Don River Bridge at Bowen. Flooding The highest recorded flood was in 1970 when the river reached at the Bowen Pumping Station. The river delta is particularly vulnerable to flooding during cyclones. Floods in 2008 left deposits of sand which raised the riverbed considerably. Approval to dredge sand was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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