Border Rivers

As Border Rivers (German: Border Rivers ) refers to a number of rivers (and the region through which they flow ) on the border of the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. They originate in the table-land of New England, are the headwaters of the Darling River and drain the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in this area. The eastern boundary of the catchment area of ​​the Border Rivers runs along the ridgeline of the great divide mountain of Stanthorpe in Queensland to Guyra in New South Wales.

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Various branches of the river with different names form part of the border between New South Wales and Queensland between Tenterfield and Mungindi. Awkward, there are poor people with the same name ( Macintyre River / Brook and River Severn ), but refer to very different rivers, one each in each of the two states. On the other hand, the same flow of different explorers at various points received different names. Only later was it discovered that it was in each case to the same river; but the traditional name remained. So the Border Rivers flow into the Macintyre River, downstream of the Barwon River goes on and the left headwaters of the Darling River, which in turn opens into the south-west of New South Wales in the Murray River.

Between Mungindi and Boggabilla the border along the Macintyre River ( New South Wales) runs. Above the mouth of the Dumaresq River ( a few miles east of Boggabilla ) the boundary follows the Dumaresq River upstream and the headwaters of the Macintyre River is located entirely in New South Wales.

The following rivers flow into the Macintyre-/Durmaresq-Grenzfluss from the direction of Queensland (north)

• Weir River at Mungindi
• Macintyre Brook at Yelarbon
• Pike Creek including Glenlyon Dam
• Severn River ( Queensland)

The following rivers flow into the Macintyre-/Dumaresq-Grenzfluss from the direction of New South Wales ( South):

• Mole River at the Mole River
• Severn River ( New South Wales) including Pindari Dam

Settlements

The main economic activity in the region of the Border Rivers is agriculture. On land suitable grain is grown and the remaining lands are used as grassland for livestock. Since the rivers are small and do not have constant water flow over the year, there are only small irrigation systems.

The largest city in the Border Rivers is Goondiwindi in Queensland, where the Newell Highway the Macintyre River and the border crossing.

The towns of Stanthorpe (Queensland ), Tenterfield (New South Wales) and Glen Innes (New South Wales) are located on the New England Highway on the eastern edge of the Border Rivers Basin. Inverell is located on the west edge of the table-land of New England.

The middle part of the Border Rivers is sparsely populated; there are no major cities or major roads and no significant industries. Smaller cities in this area are:

• Texas ( Queensland)
• Inglewood ( Queensland)
• Ashford (New South Wales)
• Yetman (New South Wales)
• Bonshaw (New South Wales)
• Emma Ville ( New South Wales).

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• Map of the Border Rivers region. Commonwealth of Australia - Meteorology
• Gwydir & Border Rivers Catchment Management Authority. Government of New South Wales
• Water Info - Border Rivers. Government of New South Wales

• River Darling River system
• River in New South Wales
• River in Queensland
• River in Australia and Oceania