Dawson River (Queensland)
Dawson River at Moura
The Dawson River is a river in the east of the Australian state of Queensland. Discovered and named was the flow of the Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.
Name
The name of this river goes back to Ludwig Leichhardt, the beginning of November 1844 found him on his first expedition in Australia between 1844 and 1845. R. Dawson was a supporter of the expedition.
Geography
River
The Dawson River rises in the Carnarvon Range, about 20 km northeast of Myrtleville and about 150 km north of Roma. From there, it flows first southeast and crosses under the Carnarvon Developmental Road at Boxvale. After he crosses the southernmost part of the Expedition National Park, he turns in Eurombah its course to the northeast and flows through the city Taroom on Leichhardt Highway. On the Precipice National Park, he turns to the north and forms the eastern border of the park. On his way north, it flows through the town of Theodore, where it crosses under the Leichhardt Highway again. West of Moura he crosses the Dawson Highway and east of Duaringa the Capricorn Highway. Approx. 12 km northeast of the small town he is south of the Boomer Range with the Mackenzie River Fitzroy River.
The cities of Taroom, Theodore and Baralaba are at Dawson River. Riverside several dams were built to divert water for the cultivation of cotton and the dairy industry. The catchment area of the Dawson River, including its tributaries River Don and Dee River is 50.8 thousand km ².
Tributaries with muzzle heights
- Wallaroo Creek - 467 m
- Hardy's Creek - 465 m
- Sardine Creek - 450 m
- Gregory Creek - 448 m
- Greentree Gully - 410 m
- Gratz Gully - 365 m
- Spring Gully - 364 m
- Precipice Creek - 363 m
- Baffle Creek - 357 m
- Hungry Creek - 341 m
- Midnight Creek - 326 m
- Hutton Creek - 274 m
- Boyd Creek - 252 m
- Commissioner Creek - 237 m
- Six Mile Creek - 232 m
- Four Mile Creek - 231 m
- Tiggirigie Creek - 230 m
- Pine Creek - 225 m
- Eurombah Creek - 211 m
- Scott Creek - 209 m
- Paddy's Creek - 204 m
- Kinnoul Creek - 198 m
- Kungay Mungay Creek - 189 m
- Juandah Creek - 187 m
- Palm Tree Creek - 187 m
- Scotchy Creek - 185 m
- Grass Tree Creek - 184 m
- Blackboy Creek - 183 m
- Binghi Creek - 177 m
- Bentley Creek - 176 m
- Spring Gully - 176 m
- Cockatoo Creek - 175 m
- Spring Creek - 172 m
- Price Creek - 170 m
- Double-Stake Yard Gully - 169 m
- Croker Gully - 169 m
- Cabbagetree Creek - 168 m
- Cables Creek - 163 m
- Precipice Creek - 161 m
- Cracow Creek - 160 m
- Back Creek - 160 m
- Cattle Creek - 160 m
- Blacksoil Gully - 160 m
- Delusion Creek - 160 m
- Orange Creek - 159 m
- Boam Creek - 156 m
- Gunyah Creek - 147 m
- Castle Creek - 146 m
- Tim Shay Creek - 145 m
- Twelve Mile Creek - 145 m
- Lonestone Creek - 144 m
- Huon Creek - 124 m
- Maloney's Creek - 111 m
- Roundstone Creek - 103 m
- Demby Creek - 100 m
- Back Creek - 96 m
- Jerry Creek - 84 m
- Saline Creek - 77 m
- Don River - 73 m
- Sandy Creek - 73 m
- Herbert Creek - 62 m
- Sharpers Creek - 60 m
- Bone Creek - 60 m
- Eastlands Creek - 58 m
Flood 2010/2011
The Dawson River was one of the rivers in Queensland that were affected by the great flood of 2010/2011. He flooded the city Theodore, which was first completely evacuated in its history.