Bohle River

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Bohle
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Bruce Highway crossing the Bohle River at Burdell, 2015
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Location of Bohle River mouth in Queensland
Etymology drover Henry Mackinnon Bohle [1]
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region North Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source Hervey Range
 • elevation76 m (249 ft)
Mouth Halifax Bay, Coral Sea
 • location
near Bushland Beach
 • coordinates
 19°11′01″S146°41′57″E / 19.18361°S 146.69917°E / -19.18361; 146.69917
 • elevation
1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Length37 km (23 mi)
Basin size368 km2 (142 sq mi) to 242.1 km2 (93.5 sq mi) [2]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average2.9 m3/s (92 GL/a) [2]
[3]

The Bohle River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.

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Course and features

A turbid waterhole sustaining fish populations in the Bohle River, 2022 A turbid waterhole sustaining fish populations. Bohle River. Townsville, 2022.jpg
A turbid waterhole sustaining fish populations in the Bohle River, 2022

The headwaters of the river rise in the Hervey Range [4] south of Townsville and flows north along the coastal plain west of Lake Ross and then north, parallel with Ross River. The Hervey Range Developmental Road crosses the river east of Thuringowa and then the Ingham Connection Road crosses the river west of Townsville. It then enters the Bohle River Fish Habitat Area and the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park and discharges into the Halifax Bay near Bushland Beach, and then empties into the Coral Sea. Tributaries include Middle Creek, Stony Creek ( 19°12′13″S146°42′13″E / 19.2035°S 146.7035°E / -19.2035; 146.7035 (Stony Creek (mouth)) ), [5] Stag Creek, the Little Bohle River and Garner Creek. The river descends 75 metres (246 ft) over its 37-kilometre (23 mi) course. [3]

The catchment area of the river occupies 368 square kilometres (142 sq mi) of which an area of 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands. [6] The river drains most of the coastal plain west of Townsville. [7]

The river supports recreational fishing, particularly of barramundi. [8] The Bohle is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Townsville. Popular for river fishing, the Bohle River is also good for collecting bait. Yabbies are found from time to time in the muddy banks. Typical fish species found in the river are barramundi, red bream, mangrove jack and grunter. [8]

The rivers is named after the drover Henry Mackinnon Bohle who worked for a pioneer of the area John Melton Black. Bohle overlanded a mob of cattle to Fanning Downs in 1863 and moved stock to the Cleveland Bay area in 1864 for Black. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bohle River (entry 3478)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "East Coastal Watersheds". riversnetwork.org. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Map of Bohle River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Haughton & Ross Rivers Flood Warning Network". Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Stony Creek – watercourse in the City of Townsville (entry 32521)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Barratta Creek drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government . Retrieved 19 July 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Flood Warning System For The Ross, Bohle & Black Rivers". Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. 1 2 "The Bohle River Area". Explore Townsville. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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