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Don River (North Queensland)

Field	Value
name	Don
image_size	280
pushpin_map	Australia Queensland
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Don River mouth in Queensland
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Queensland
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	North Queensland
subdivision_type5	City
subdivision_name5
length	60 km
discharge1_location	Near mouth
discharge1_avg	8.5 m3/s
source1	Clarke Range
source1_location	below Mount Roundhill
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	253 m
mouth	Coral Sea
mouth_location	near
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	50 m
basin_size	1,200 km2 to 1,116.8 km2
tributaries_left	Bluff Creek, Humbug Creek, Monte Christo Creek, Boundary Creek (Queensland), Selina Creek
tributaries_right	Wild Creek, Oaky Creek (Queensland), Spring Creek (Queensland), Simon Creek (Queensland), Ida Creek, Menilden Creek, Grasstree Creek, Police Camp Creek
custom_label	National park
custom_data	Eungella National Park
extra

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

Course and features

The Don River rises in the Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Roundhill and west of . The river flows generally north by northeast through the Eungella National Park and is joined by thirteen minor tributaries, towards its mouth and empties into the Coral Sea north of . With a catchment area of 1200 km2, the river descends 253 m over its 60 km course.

High salinity levels have been recorded at the mouth of the river. Land use in the upper catchment is mostly beef cattle production with crops grown in the richer soils downstream.

The river is crossed by the Bruce Highway via the Don River Bridge at Bowen.

Flooding

The highest recorded flood was in 1970 when the river reached 7.25 m at the Bowen Pumping Station. The river delta is particularly vulnerable to flooding during cyclones.

Floods in 2008 left deposits of sand which raised the riverbed considerably. Approval to dredge sand was granted by the Queensland Government, however only about half of that has been removed in recent years. A flood in 2008 lead the Whitsunday Regional Council to create a channel so that similar flooding could be avoided.

A management plan for the river was established late in 2008. It included measures to encourage further sand extraction.

References

"East Coastal Watersheds".
"Map of Don River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
"Flood Warning System For The Don River". Commonwealth of Australia.
(15 June 2009). "Water resources - Overview - Queensland: Groundwater Management Unit: Don River". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
(21 February 2008). "Bowen council seeks approval to dredge Don River". [[ABC News (Australia).
(12 January 2009). "Hope for channel to stop Don River flooding". [[ABC News (Australia).
(3 September 2008). "Govt to invest $1.4m in Don River flood prevention". [[ABC News (Australia).

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