The Langlo River, a river that is part of the
Murray-Darling basin, is located in
South West
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Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
Location and features
The headwaters of the Langlo River rise under the Edinburgh Range near
Lumeah and northwest of . The river flows generally in a southerly direction and forms a series of braided channels flowing through mostly uninhabited plains past Baykool and Nungil. It veers to the southeast near Lynton Hills and crosses the
Diamantina Developmental Road
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Route description
The road passes through the towns of Quilpi ...
near Meecha
[ before reaching its ]confluence
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with the Warrego River
The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling River, Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Aus ...
.tributaries
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including the Ward River and descends over its course.[
The river's catchment is mostly composed of natural downs country, mostly used for grazing cattle and sheep, vegetated with ]Flinders
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and Mitchell Grass
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, interspersed stony ridges and red stony plains and bisected by numerous creeks. The underlying geology is Middle Cretaceous sandstone
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with areas of limestone and mudstone.
See also
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References
{{Rivers of the Darling River catchment , state=autocollapse
Rivers of Queensland
South West Queensland
Tributaries of the Darling River