The Burrum River is a
river
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located in the
Wide Bay-Burnett
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region of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises within
Lake Lenthall
Lake Lenthall is a lake created by the Lenthalls Dam in Duckinwilla, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. As a result of a catchment, it takes a short time in moderate rain events to fill Lake Lenthall to 100% capacity.
History
The ...
, impounded by
Lenthalls Dam at the confluence of several smaller watercourses including Harwood Creek, Woolmer Creek and Duckinwilla Creek, near the town of Burrum. Below Lenthalls Dam the river is impounded by Burrum River Weir No.2 (built in 1951) and Burrum River Weir No.1 (built in 1900).
The river flows in northerly direction and is crossed by the
Bruce Highway
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near . The river flows past Pacific Haven before the
Isis River joins with the Burrum River at the southern edge of the
Burrum Coast National Park
Burrum Coast is a national park in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
A wide diversity of plant and animal species is represented in the park.
Geography
The park is 281 km north of Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and ...
. Together with the
Gregory River, it discharges into the Burrum Fish Habitat Area in
Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay () is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to ...
that flows out to the
Coral Sea
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, at
Burrum Heads. The river descends over its
course
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.
[ An ]estuary
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is formed at the mouth of the river. The Isis and Gregory Rivers also discharge into the long and between and wide estuary. The area includes intensive inter-tidal flats, shallow sand banks, a meandering main channel with small patched of fringing mangroves
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.[
The ]catchment area
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of the river occupies an of which an area of is composed of riverine
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wetlands.[
]
Etymology
The river draws its name from the indigenous Australian
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Kabi language
Kabi Kabi, also spelt Gabi-Gabi/Gubbi Gubbi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Kabi Kabi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of t ...
for a word meaning ''rocks interrupting river flow''.
See also
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References
{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Queensland
Wide Bay–Burnett
Kabi Kabi