Belyando River

The Belyando River, including the Belyando River (Western Branch), is a river system located in Central Queensland, Australia. At 1,054 kilometres (655 mi) in length and with a catchment area of 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi), the Belyando River system is one of the longest rivers in Queensland.

Belyando
Belyando River (Western Branch)
The Belyando River, in 2012
Location of Belyando River mouth in Queensland
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionCentral Queensland
Physical characteristics
SourceDrummond Range
 • locationbelow Mount Narounya
 • coordinates24°02′49″S 147°09′27″E
 • elevation397 m (1,302 ft)
2nd sourceBelyando River (Western Branch)
 • locationwest of Lochington
 • coordinates23°55′56″S 147°02′21″E
 • elevation447 m (1,467 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Suttor River
 • location
Lake Dalrymple
 • coordinates
21°25′26″S 146°53′8″E
 • elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Length1,054 km (655 mi)
Basin size35,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemBurdekin River
Tributaries 
 • leftCarmichael River
National parksNarrien Range National Park; Epping Forest National Park
[1][2][3]

It is pronounced Bel-yando.[4]

Course and features

Comprising a mix of anabranches from source to mouth, the Belyando River and the Belyando River (Western Branch) rise below Mount Narounyah in the Drummond Range, part of the Great Dividing Range in the area southeast of Alpha. The river flows generally in a northerly direction, joined by twenty-nine tributaries including the Carmichael River. The Belyando River flows through a series of waterholes and lagoons including Grays Lagoon, Bakoolama Waterhole, Ten Mile Waterhole, Boadles Waterhole, Georges Waterhole, Broadna Waterhole, Alinya Waterhole, Sandy Camp Waterhole, Bygana Waterhole, Dunjarrobina Waterhole and Yarmina Waterhole. The river reaches its confluence with the Suttor River before flowing into Lake Dalrymple and joining the Burdekin River.[5] The river system descends from a peak elevation of 447 metres (1,467 ft) over its combined 1,054-kilometre (655 mi) course.[1][2][3]

The river system has a catchment area of a little more than 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi).[6] Land use in the catchment is dominated by grazing with some cropping. Some of the catchment is included in the Narrien Range National Park and the Epping Forest National Park.[6]

History

The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Belyando River are the various indigenous Wakelbura people, including the various smaller Auanbura, Dorobura, and Metherabura clans.[7]

Miyan (slso known as Mian) is a language of North/Central Queensland.The Miyan language region includes the landscape within the local government area of the Central Highlands Region, including the localities of Mount Douglas, Bulliwallah and Lake Galilee.[8]

Yagalingu (also known as Jagalingu, Auanbura, Kokleburra, Owanburra, Kowanburra, Wagalbara, and Djagalingu) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Central Queensland. Its traditional language region was within the local government area of Isaac Region, from the headwaters of the Belyando River south to Avoca, north to Laglan, west to the Great Dividing Range, and east and south to Drummond Range.[9]

The first European to discover the river was explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1846 on his fourth and last expedition.[10]

The 2010–11 Queensland floods caused widespread flooding along the river and the extended isolation of properties from inundation which needed food supply drops.[11]

In 2015 the Adani Group applied for a water licence to extract up to 12.5 gigalitres (2.75×109 imp gal; 3.30×109 US gal) per year from the Belyando River for use at the Carmichael coal mine.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Map of Belyando River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. "Map of Belyando River, QLD (2)". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. "Map of Belyando River (Western Branch), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. "The history of names: Mackay district". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Surface Water Management Area: Belyando / Suttor". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  6. "Belyando River Basin". NQ Dry Tropics. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The Native Tribes of South-East Australia. London: Macmillan and Co. p. 62.
  8. "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yagalingu". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. "Moranbah". Isaac Regional Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  11. "Stranded residents may need more food drops". ABC News. Australia. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  12. "SEIS Appendix 20 - Application to take water from the Belyando River" (PDF). Adani Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.


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