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Geography of Queensland. The geography of Queensland in the north-east of Australia, is varied. It includes tropical islands, sandy beaches, flat river plains that flood after monsoon rains, tracts of rough, elevated terrain, dry deserts, rich agricultural belts and densely populated urban areas.
The four main categories of rivers in Queensland are those that rise on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and flow eastwards to the sea, the Coastal rivers; those that rise on the other side of the crest of the range and flow north-westward, towards the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Gulf rivers; those that also rise on the other side of ...
qld.gov.au. Queensland (locally / ˈkwiːnzlænd / KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) [ note 1 ] is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively.
Border Rivers – an area near the border of New South Wales and Queensland. Capricorn Coast – a section of the Central Queensland coastline near the Tropic of Capricorn. Maranoa – a district that is sometimes referred to as the Western Darling Downs, in South West Queensland. The Marlin Coast – a coastal area centred on Cairns.
Coastal towns in Queensland (2 C, 33 P) Coen, Queensland (2 P) Collinsville, Queensland (1 C, 6 P) Conondale, Queensland (4 P) Cooktown, Queensland (1 C, 4 P) Cooroy, Queensland (1 C, 8 P) Croydon, Queensland (17 P)
South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers 319,808 km 2 (123,479 sq mi). [1] The region lies to the south of Central West Queensland and west of the Darling Downs and includes the Maranoa district and parts of the Channel Country. The area is noted for its cattle grazing, cotton farming, opal ...
Queensland's first railway linked Grandchester to Ipswich, 1865. South East Queensland was home to around 20,000 Aboriginals prior to British occupation. The local tribes of the area were the Yugarapul of the Central Brisbane area; the Yugambeh people whose traditional lands ranged from South of the Logan River, down to the Tweed River and west to the McPherson Ranges; the Quandamooka people ...
The river catchment covers an area of 50,800 square kilometres (19,600 sq mi). [4] Expedition National Park and the Precipice National Park are protected areas along the Dawson River. The Dawson River was one of a number of Queensland rivers affected by the 2010–11 Queensland floods. As the river inundated the town of Theodore it was ...