Comet River

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The Comet River near Rolleston
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Location of Comet River mouth in Queensland
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Central Queensland
Township Rolleston; Comet
Physical characteristics
Source Expedition Range
Source confluenceBrown River and Clematis Creek
  locationsouth of Rolleston
  coordinates 24°43′40″S148°43′30″E / 24.72778°S 148.72500°E / -24.72778; 148.72500
  elevation237 m (778 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Nogoa River to form the Mackenzie River
  location
north of Comet
  coordinates
23°33′21″S148°32′11″E / 23.55583°S 148.53639°E / -23.55583; 148.53639
  elevation
144 m (472 ft)
Length294 km (183 mi)
Basin size16,460 km2 (6,360 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
River system Fitzroy River
National park Expedition National Park
[2] [3]

The Comet River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia.

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Geography

Formed by the confluence of the Brown River and Clematis Creek, the Comet River rises in the Expedition Range, north of Expedition National Park and south of Rolleston. The river flows north, joined by seventeen tributaries, and splits as an anabranch on multiple occasions. The river flows through the Teatree Waterhole and Comet towards its confluence with the Nogoa River to form the Mackenzie River. The river descends 93 metres (305 ft) over its 294-kilometre (183 mi) course. The river is crossed by the Dawson Highway at Rolleston and the Capricorn Highway at Comet. [2] The river traverses elevations between 144 and 1,243 m above mean sea level. [1]

Water management

The Comet River Weir is the main water storage facility on the river, with a surface area of 13 hectares (32 acres) when full. [3] In the late 1990s the river was proposed as the site for the Starlee Dam 16km north of Rolleston. The dam with a capacity of up to 1.3 million megalitres would have inundated the town of Rolleston, but was scrapped by the Queensland Government due to "significant and severe impacts" on the environment. [4]

History

Wadja (also known as Wadjigu, Wadya, Wadjainngo, Mandalgu, and Wadjigun) is an Australian Aboriginal language in Central Queensland. The language region includes the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda and Central Highlands Region, including the Blackdown Tablelands. the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cheng, Zhuo; Yu, Bofu (November 2019). "Effect of land clearing and climate variability on streamflow for two large basins in Central Queensland, Australia". Journal of Hydrology. 578: 124041. Bibcode:2019JHyd..57824041C. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124041. S2CID   202194042 . Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Comet River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Map of Comet River (the weir), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "Santos GLNG GFD Project-NICH Technical Report" (PDF). October 2014.
  5. CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Wadja". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 5 February 2020.