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Maranoa River

Field	Value
name	Maranoa
image	Mitchell Maranoa River DSC03260.JPG
image_size	280
image_caption	Downstream of the Maranoa River at Mitchell
pushpin_map	Australia Queensland
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the Maranoa River mouth
in Queensland
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Queensland
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	South West Queensland
length	519 km
source1	Consuelo Tableland
source_confluence	East and West branches of the Maranoa River
source_confluence_location	Carnarvon National Park
source_confluence_coordinates
source_confluence_elevation	574 m
mouth	confluence with the Balonne River
mouth_location	Lake Kajarabie
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	207 m
river_system	Darling River catchment,
Murray–Darling basin
basin_size	20039 km2
tributaries_left	Merivale River
custom_label	National park
custom_data	Carnarvon National Park
extra

in Queensland Murray–Darling basin

The Maranoa River, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is a river situated in South West Queensland, Australia.

Course and features

Formed by the confluence of the west and east branches of the river, the Maranoa River rises on the Consuelo Tableland in the Carnarvon National Park. The valleys in the river's catchment area are broad rather than gorge-like as in the nearby Carnarvon Gorge, with isolated bluffs and pillars of sandstone on sandy plains. The Maranoa passes through Mitchell and flows south towards St George. The river reaches its confluence with the Balonne River north of St George. The Balonne eventually flows into the Darling River (via a few branches), so it contributes to the Murray-Darling Basin. From source to mouth, the Maranoa is joined by 31 tributaries including the Merivale River and descends 366 m over its 519 km course.

The Warrego Highway crosses the river at Mitchell.

History

The river's name was recorded by explorer Thomas Mitchell on 13 May 1846 in his Journal of an expedition into the interior of tropical Australia. The name derives from two conversations between Mitchell and local Indigenous people. The name might be corruption of the Mandandanji words mara meaning duck, and ngoa meaning egg.

The Neil Turner Weir was built on the river in 1984. It provides limited supplies for irrigation purposes. It also regulates streamflow and has recreational uses.

Major flooding on the river occurred in 1990.

Popular culture

A number of Australian folksongs (such as Sandy Maranoa and The Maranoa Drovers) refer to this river.

References

"Map of Maranoa River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
"Water resources: Overview - Queensland". [[Australian Government]].
{{Cite QPN. 20891. Maranoa River. river in the Shire of Balonne
(9 June 2011). "Mount Moffatt, Carnarvon National Park - Nature, culture and history". Department of Environment and Resource Management.
Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone. (1848). "Journal of an expedition into the interior of tropical Australia : in search of a route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria". Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans..
"Maranoa River". SunWater.
"Flood Warning System For The Condamine-Balonne River Below Cotswold". Bureau of Meteorology.

Wikipedia Source

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