The Black River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
located in
North
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Etymology
The word ''north ...
Queensland
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, establishe ...
, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise near Ben Lomond East in the
Great Dividing Range and flow in a northeasterly direction. The river flows roughly parallel with the Hervey Range Developmental Road past Mount Cataract and Mount Black on the Bohle Plains. The river is crossed by the
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Nat ...
near Kulburr and discharges into the
Coral Sea between
Yabulu
Yabulu is a town and coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yabulu had a population of 697 people.
Geography
Yabulu is approximately north of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The Bruce Highway passes thro ...
and
Beach Holm approximately north west of
Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
.
The river descends over its
course.
[ The catchment area occupies , including of riverine wetlands and of estuarine wetlands.
A total of 22 species of fish have been found in the river, including the glassfish, Roman nose Goby, Fly-specked hardyhead, Golden Gudgeon, Jungle Perch, ]Barramundi
The barramundi (''Lates calcarifer'') or Asian sea bass, is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the waters of the Middle East, Sout ...
, oxeye herring, eastern rainbowfish, spotted scat, and Crescent Perch.
The river is named after John Melton Black
John Melton Black (1830–1919) was a pioneer of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Black ordered the expedition of Cleveland Bay to find a suitable site for a port and then established the Port of Townsville and the associated town of Townsville ...
who was a pastoralist, merchant and a settler of Townsville. The outer Townsville suburb of Black River is named after the river which flows through northern side of the area.
The Alice River is a tributary of the Black River with a confluence at . The river is the western boundary of the Townsville suburb of Alice River.
See also
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References
{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Queensland
North Queensland
Bodies of water of the Coral Sea