Condamine River

Condamine
Condamine River, Warwick, 2009
Location of Condamine River mouth in Queensland
Etymology	In honour of Thomas de la Condamine
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Regions	Darling Downs, South West Queensland
Settlements	Killarney, Warwick
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Superbus
• location	The Head near Main Range National Park
• coordinates	28°14′42″S 152°28′21″E / 28.24500°S 152.47250°E / -28.24500; 152.47250
• elevation	772 m (2,533 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Dogwood Creek to form the Balonne River
• location	between Surat and Condamine
• coordinates	27°03′20″S 149°37′37″E / 27.05556°S 149.62694°E / -27.05556; 149.62694
• elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Length	657 km (408 mi)
Basin size	13,292 km2 (5,132 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Balonne catchment, Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Sandy Creek (Condamine River), Wilkie Creek, Wambo Creek, Undulla Creek
• right	Emu Creek (Condamine River), Swan Creek (Condamine River), Glengallen Creek, Dalrymple Creek, Kings Creek (Condamine River), Hodgson Creek, Oakey Creek, Myall Creek, Jimbour Creek, Cooranga Creek, Charleys Creek
Reservoirs and weirs	Talgai Weir, Yarramalong Weir, Lemon Tree Weir, Loudoun Weir, Tipton Weir, Cecil Plains Weir
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The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) long and rises on Mount Superbus, South East Queensland's highest peak, on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the east coast of Queensland, and then flows north west across the Darling Downs, then west.^[2] The Condamine River is a tributary of the Darling River.