Waterpark Creek

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Location of Waterpark Creek mouth in Queensland
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Central Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source Great Dividing Range
 • locationbelow Samuel Hill
 • elevation53 m (174 ft)
Mouth Coral Sea
 • location
 Corio Bay
 • coordinates
 22°54′29″S150°43′29″E / 22.90806°S 150.72472°E / -22.90806; 150.72472
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length35 km (22 mi)
Basin size1,836 km2 (709 sq mi)
Basin features
National park Byfield National Park
[1]

The Waterpark Creek is a creek in Central Queensland, Australia.

The headwaters of the creek rise below Samuel Hill in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a south easterly direction. It continues through the Byfield National Park and then travels almost parallel with the Yeppoon - Byfield Road before discharging into Corio Bay, approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Yeppoon, and then into the Coral Sea. The creek descends 53 metres (174 ft) over its 35-kilometre (22 mi) course. [1]

The drainage basin of the creek occupies an area of 1,836 square kilometres (709 sq mi) of which an area of 259 square kilometres (100 sq mi) is made up of estuarine wetlands. [2]

In the section within the Byfield National Park, the creek contains a population of Rhadinocentrus ornatus , a small freshwater fish species. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Map of Water Park Creek, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Waterpark Creek drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Pusey, Brad; Mark Kennard; Angela Arthington (2004). Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia. Csiro Publishing. p. 199. ISBN   064309895X . Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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