Macintyre River basin

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The Macintyre River basin is a major inland river catchment in eastern Australia that drains parts of the Northern Tablelands and contributes to the broader Murray–Darling Basin system.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
basinCountry Australia
borderFunction forms part of the New South Wales–Queensland border via the Macintyre River
climate temperate to semi-arid
containsTown Ashford
Goondiwindi
Inverell
continent Australia
country Australia
crossesState New South Wales
Queensland
downstreamConnection Darling River NERFINISHED
drainageDirection inland
drains Macintyre River NERFINISHED
drainsRegion Northern Tablelands
ecoregion Murray–Darling Depression bioregion
surface form: "Murray–Darling Depression"

New England Tablelands
environmentalIssue habitat modification
salinity risk
water allocation pressure
floodRisk subject to periodic flooding
flowsInto Barwon River NERFINISHED
hasAquaticEcosystem inland riverine wetlands
hasFeature alluvial floodplains
tablelands headwaters
hasMajorRiver Macintyre River NERFINISHED
hasTributaryRiver Dumaresq River NERFINISHED
Severn River (New South Wales)
Severn River (New South Wales)
surface form: "Severn River (Queensland)"
hydrologicalSystem Murray–Darling Basin
surface form: "Murray–Darling Basin system"
jurisdiction Government of New South Wales
surface form: "New South Wales government"

Queensland Government
surface form: "Queensland government"
landUse dryland cropping
grazing
irrigated agriculture
locatedIn eastern Australia
majorUseSector agriculture
rural communities
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
riverSystem Darling River
surface form: "Barwon–Darling river system"
waterManagementAuthority Murray–Darling Basin Authority
waterUse environmental flows
irrigation supply
stock and domestic supply

Referenced by (1)

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Northern Tablelands drainageBasin Macintyre River basin

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