Burdekin River

Burdekin
Burdekin River, 2005, taken from the Burdekin Bridge
Location of Burdekin River mouth in Queensland
Etymology	Thomas Burdekin
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	North Queensland, Far North Queensland
Settlements	Charters Towers, Home Hill
Physical characteristics
Source	Seaview Range
• location	near Ingham
• coordinates	18°42′12″S 145°44′23″E / 18.70333°S 145.73972°E / -18.70333; 145.73972
• elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Mouth	Coral Sea
• location	Upstart Bay
• coordinates	19°38′49″S 147°29′14″E / 19.64694°S 147.48722°E / -19.64694; 147.48722
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	886 km (551 mi)
Basin size	129,700 km2 (50,100 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	380 m3/s (13,000 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)
• maximum	40,000 m3/s (1,400,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Running River, Fanning River, Kirk River
• right	Dry River (Queensland), Clarke River (Queensland), Basalt River, Broughton River (Queensland), Cape River (Queensland), Suttor River, Bowen River (Queensland), Bogie River
Reservoir and lakes	Lake Dalrymple; Lamonds Lagoon
[1]

The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over 200 kilometres (124 mi) to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approximately 130,000 square kilometres (50,000 sq mi).^[2] The Burdekin River is Australia's largest river by (peak) discharge volume.^[3]: 5

The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named in honour of Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of the expedition.^[4]