Condamine River

Condamine River near Warwick

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The 657 km long Condamine River is part of the Murray -Darling Basin, and is a source of the river Darling River. It rises in the south-west of Mount Superbus, the highest peak in southeast Queensland, Australia, and drained so that the further inland side of the Great Dividing Range.

Course

Of all the sources of the Darling River, the Condamine River is the farthest from its mouth away, so is the longest river. Although its source is just 100 kilometers inland from the coast of Queensland, the Condamine River first flows in a northwesterly direction through the area of the Darling Downs, then continue west. To the mouth of the Indian Ocean, the spring water has to travel a distance of 3672 kilometers.

The river passes through the towns of Killarney and Warwick. Its tributary Gowrie Creek has its catchment area around Toowoomba.

Between Condamine and Surat, the name of the river changes in Balonne River. In Surat the river bends to the southwest and happened in the course of St. George and Dirranbandi.

Water

The waters of the Condamine River is both to supply drinking water and for irrigation. The Lesliedamm at Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Condamine, the drinking water reservoir for the City of Warwick. The small Talgaiwehr near Clifton stores up to 640 million liters of water. During periods of drought the Condamine dries out so far that the river bed caused a series of ponds.

History

The Condamine River was named in 1827 by Allan Cunningham. He named the river after T. De La Condamine, the aide of the then Governor Ralph Darling. Patrick Leslie was the first settler in this region and founded in 1840 Canning Downs near Warwick.

1847, the entire river by Ludwig Leichhardt was investigated.

During the floods in Queensland 2010/2011 of the Condamine River overflowed its banks. In the same place Condamine, the highest ever recorded level was reached with 14.25 meters. Many cities were flooded and had to be evacuated.

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