The Weir River, a river that is part of the

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group and also forms part of the Barwon River catchment in the

Murray–Darling basin The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of ...

, is located in the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generall ...

region of

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, Australia.

Location and features

The headwaters of the river rise on the western slopes of the

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in the Dunmore State forest and flow in a south westerly direction. The river continues through the Booroondoo State Forest the crosses the

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then flows past Currajong and Goodar and then veers west. It continues running almost parallel with the

Barwon Highway The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state highways of Queensland, Australia. It starts at the Carnarvon Highway in Nindigully, 44 kilometres south of St George, and travels east for about 155 kilometres until it reaches Goondiwindi, wher ...

near Bungunya the later veers south west again crossing the highway just east of Talwood. It flows through the Wanda Wanda Waterhole then continues south west until discharging into the Barwon River northeast of

Mungindi Mungindi is a town and locality on the border of New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, Australia. The town is within Moree Plains Shire in New South Wales. Within Queensland, the locality is split between the Shire of Balonne (the western part) ...

on the border between Queensland and New South Wales. The river descends over its course. The Weir,

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and the Queensland branch of the

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and the New South Wales branch of the

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rivers are known as the Border Rivers that straddle the Queensland and New South Wales border and feed into the Murray-Darling Basin. The rivers have a combined catchment area of .

References

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Location and features

See also

References