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词条 Weir River (Queensland)
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  1. Location and features

  2. See also

  3. References

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The Weir River, a river that is part of the Border Rivers group and also forms part of the Barwon River catchment in the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.

Location and features

The headwaters of the river rise on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range[2] in the Dunmore State forest and flow in a south westerly direction. The river continues through the Booroondoo State Forest the crosses the Leichhardt Highway then flows past Currajong and Goodar and then veers west. It continues running almost parallel with the Barwon Highway near Bungunya the later veers south west again crossing the highway just east of Talwood. It flows through the Wanda Wanda Waterhole then continues south west until discharging into the Barwon River northeast of Mungindi on the border between Queensland and New South Wales. The river descends {{convert|192|m}} over its {{convert|470|km|adj=on}} course.[1]

The Weir, Macintyre, Dumaresq and the Queensland branch of the Severn and the New South Wales branch of the Severn rivers are known as the Border Rivers that straddle the Queensland and New South Wales border and feed into the Murray-Darling Basin. The rivers have a combined catchment area of {{convert|44600|km2|sqmi|0}}.[2]

See also

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  • List of rivers of Queensland

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=211308&cmd=sp|title=Map of Weir River|accessdate=8 August 2015|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mdba.gov.au/what-we-do/water-planning/managing-constraints/constraints-overview/queensland|title=Preliminary Overview of Constraints to Environmental Water Delivery - Queensland|accessdate=8 August 2015|publisher=Murray-Darling Basin Authority}}
{{Rivers of Queensland}}{{Rivers of the Darling River catchment|state=autocollapse}}

5 : Rivers of Queensland|Darling Downs|Borders of Queensland|Borders of New South Wales|Darling River

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