Black River (Queensland)

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Black
River
Name origin: John Melton Black
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region North Queensland
Source Great Dividing Range
 - location west of Mount Cataract
 - elevation 84 m (276 ft)
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Mouth Coral Sea
 - location Bushland Beach
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
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Length 33 km (21 mi)
Basin 1,060 km2 (409 sq mi)
Location of Black River mouth in Queensland
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The Black River is a river located in North Queensland, Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise near Ben Lomond East in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a northeasterly direction. The river flows roughly parallel with the Hervey Range Developmental Road past Mount Cataract and Mount Black on the Bohle Plains. The river is crossed by the Bruce Highway near Kulburr and discharges into the Coral Sea near Bushland Beach approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north west of Townsville.

The river descends 84 metres (276 ft) over its 33-kilometre (21 mi) course.[1] The catchment area occupies 1,060 square kilometres (409 sq mi), including 36 square kilometres (14 sq mi) of riverine wetlands and 10.6 square kilometres (4 sq mi) of estuarine wetlands.[2]

A total of 22 species of fish have been found in the river, including the glassfish, Roman nose Goby, Fly-specked hardyhead, Golden Gudgeon, Jungle Perch, Barramundi, oxeye herring, eastern rainbowfish, spotted scat, and Crescent Perch.[3]

The river is named after John Melton Black who was a pastoralist, merchant and a settler of Townsville. The outer Townsville suburb of Black River is named after the river which flows through northern side of the area.[4]

See also

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