River
Burdekin River
732 km from source to mouth · Australia.
AustraliaFlows into Coral Sea
In numbers
Length
732km
Average flow
330m³/s
Basin
132,000km²
Drop
415m
from 415 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
732 km of river and 10 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 415 m
- 84 kmRunning Rivertributary
- 170 kmBasalt Rivertributary
- 211 kmEumara Lake0.5 km²
- 294 kmFanning Rivertributary
- 298 kmBurdekin River Rail Bridge
- 498 kmLake Dalrymple211 km²
- 499 kmBurdekin Falls
- 558 kmBowen Rivertributary
- 697 kmHome Hill3,013 people
- 698 kmBurdekin Bridge
- 732 kmCoral Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Queensland, Australia
At the mouth it carries 335 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 7.5 seconds. It drops from 415 m to 0 m, 0.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 132,000 km², about the size of GR. 23,000 people live in it. Highest water: from February to March; lowest: from August to November. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (19% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Home HillLargest city on its banks · 3,013 people
- Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 81 km from the cityCar hire at TSV airport (Townsville)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to OctoberThe best months to visit
Burdekin River, month by month
Highest water: from February to March
Lowest water: from August to November. Best months to visit: from June to October.
From about 42 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Burdekin River: the basin in numbers
129,695 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 23,000people live in the basin
- 0/km²people per km²
- 361maverage altitude of the basin
- 675mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 22.5°Caverage air temperature
- 3%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
- 2.0km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 15% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 79% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Burdekin River: what you find on the way
- 3Weirs
- 3Waterfalls
- 1Boat rampsBurdekin Dam Boat Ramp
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Burdekin River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
1beach at the mouth or on the banksCoastya
3mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Burdekin Fallskm 365
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Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Eumara Lakekm 1550.5km²
- Lake Dalrymplekm 365211km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (1)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Lynchs Beach24 km away28.9°C
Mountains at the source (3)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mount Lee14 km away
- Black Mountain12 km away
- Boulder Mountain0.5 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Burdekin River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (10)
Also: Basalt River, Bowen River, Suttor River, Cape River, Black Burdekin River, Broughton River, Fanning River, Running River, Sellheim River, Clarke River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1010448) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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