Brisbane River
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Key facts
- Etymology
- Thomas Brisbane
- Native name
- Maiwar
- Country
- Australia
- State
- Queensland
- Region
- South-East Queensland
- City
- Brisbane
- Source
- Mount Stanley
- Location
- east of Nanango
- Coordinates
- 26°39′S 152°22′E / 26.650°S 152.367°E / -26.650; 152.367
- Elevation
- 213 m (699 ft)
- Mouth
- Moreton Bay
- Length
- 344 km (214 mi)
- Basin size
- 13,652.3 km (5,271.2 mi )
- Average
- 51.2 m /s (1,620 GL/a)
- River system
- Brisbane River
- Left
- Stanley River , Moggill Creek , Breakfast Creek
- Right
- Lockyer Creek , Bremer River , Oxley Creek , Norman Creek , Bulimba Creek
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Skyline of Brisbane from Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park, Nov 2020, 05.jpg
- Length
- 344
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- native label
- Brisbane River
- Commons category
- Brisbane River
- watershed area
- 13600
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The Brisbane River (Turrbal: Maiwar) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. The river is a tidal estuary and the water is brackish from its mouth through the majority of the Brisbane metropolitan area westward to the Mount Crosby Weir. The river is wide and navigable throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area. It is affectionately known by locals as the "Brown Snake", on account of its silty waters and long, winding course.
The river travels 344 km (214 mi) from Mount Stanley. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the main water supply for Brisbane. The waterway is a habitat for the rare Queensland lungfish, Brisbane River cod (extinct), and bull sharks.
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