# Burrum River

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{for|the locality|Burrum River, Queensland}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Burrum
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| name_etymology     = [Kabi](/source/Kabi_people): ''rocks interrupting river flow''<ref name=QPN/>
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| pushpin_map        = Australia Queensland
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Burrum River [mouth](/source/river_mouth) in Queensland
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| subdivision_type2  = [State](/source/States_and_territories_of_Australia)
| subdivision_name2  = [Queensland](/source/Queensland)
| subdivision_type3  = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Queensland)
| subdivision_name3  = [Wide Bay-Burnett](/source/Wide_Bay-Burnett)
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| discharge1_location= Near mouth
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| discharge1_avg     = {{cvt|8|m3/s|GL/yr|abbr=on}}<ref name="East Coastal Watersheds">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/AUSTRALIA/AUSTRALIA%20SE%20COAST_EAST/index.html|title=East Coastal Watersheds}}</ref>
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| source1            = [Lake Lenthall](/source/Lenthalls_Dam)
| source1_location   = [Lake Lenthall](/source/Lenthalls_Dam)
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| source1_elevation  = {{convert|24|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [Hervey Bay](/source/Hervey_Bay_(Queensland)), [Coral Sea](/source/Coral_Sea)
| mouth_location     = {{QLDcity|Burrum Heads}}
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| custom_label       = [National park](/source/National_park)
| custom_data        = [Burrum Coast National Park](/source/Burrum_Coast_National_Park)
| extra              = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=203255&cmd=sp|title=Map of Burrum River, QLD|access-date=23 June 2015|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215951/http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=203255&cmd=sp|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The '''Burrum River''' is a [river](/source/river) in the [Wide Bay-Burnett](/source/Wide_Bay-Burnett) region of [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia.

==Course and features==
The river rises within [Lake Lenthall](/source/Lenthalls_Dam), impounded by [Lenthalls Dam](/source/Lenthalls_Dam) at the confluence of several smaller watercourses including Harwood Creek, Woolmer Creek and Duckinwilla Creek, near the town of Burrum. Below Lenthalls Dam the river is impounded by Burrum River Weir No.2 (built in 1951) and Burrum River Weir No.1 (built in 1900).<ref name="BC" /> The river flows in northerly direction and is crossed by the [Bruce Highway](/source/Bruce_Highway) near {{QLDcity|Howard}}. The river flows past Pacific Haven before the [Isis River](/source/Isis_River_(Queensland)) joins with the Burrum River at the southern edge of the [Burrum Coast National Park](/source/Burrum_Coast_National_Park). Together with the [Gregory River](/source/Gregory_River%2C_Queensland_(Bundaberg_Region)), it discharges into the Burrum Fish Habitat Area in [Hervey Bay](/source/Hervey_Bay_(Queensland)) that flows out to the [Coral Sea](/source/Coral_Sea), at [Burrum Heads](/source/Burrum_Heads). The river descends {{convert|27|m}} over its {{convert|31|km|adj=on}} [course](/source/watercourse).<ref name=bonzle/> An [estuary](/source/estuary) is formed at the mouth of the river. The Isis and Gregory Rivers also discharge into the {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} long and between {{convert|2|km|mi|0}} and {{convert|500|m|ft|0}} wide estuary. The area includes intensive inter-tidal flats, shallow sand banks, a meandering main channel with small patched of fringing [mangroves](/source/mangroves).<ref name=BC/>

The [catchment area](/source/drainage_basin) of the river occupies an {{convert|3371|km2|sqmi|0}} of which an area of {{convert|108|km2|sqmi|0}} is composed of [riverine](/source/riverine) wetlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-burrum/|title=Burrum river drainage basin|access-date=23 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=[Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619003733/http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-burrum/|archive-date=19 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The catchment area is generally low and flat and is situated between the [Burnett](/source/Burnett_River) and [Mary River](/source/Mary_River_(Queensland)) catchments.<ref name=BC>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmrg.org.au/files/4813/7826/0787/Burrum_WQIP_GE200812.pdf|title=Burrum Catchment - Water Quality Improvement Plan|access-date=24 June 2015|date=June 2008|publisher=Burnett Mary Regional Group|author=Walker, Michael|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322053300/http://www.bmrg.org.au/files/4813/7826/0787/Burrum_WQIP_GE200812.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The river has a mean annual discharge of {{convert|153|GL|cuyd|0}}.<ref name=BC/>

==Etymology==
The river draws its name from the [indigenous Australian](/source/indigenous_Australian) [Kabi language](/source/Kabi_language) for a word meaning ''rocks interrupting river flow''.<ref name=QPN>{{cite QPN|5451|Burrum River|access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
{{stack|{{Portal|Queensland|Water|Environment}}}}
*{{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|Queensland}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Rivers of Queensland}}

Category:Rivers of Queensland
Category:Wide Bay–Burnett
Category:Kabi Kabi

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