Belyando River
title: "Belyando River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-queensland", "floods-in-queensland", "central-queensland"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-queensland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belyando_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Belyando |
| name_other | Belyando River (Western Branch) |
| image | Belyando riverbank.jpg |
| image_size | 280 |
| image_caption | The Belyando River, in 2012 |
| pushpin_map | Australia Queensland |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Belyando River mouth in Queensland |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Australia |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Queensland |
| subdivision_type3 | Region |
| subdivision_name3 | Central Queensland |
| length | 1054 km |
| source1 | Drummond Range |
| source1_location | below Mount Narounya |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 397 m |
| source2 | Belyando River (Western Branch) |
| source2_location | west of Lochington |
| source2_coordinates | |
| source2_elevation | 447 m |
| mouth | confluence with the Suttor River |
| mouth_location | Lake Dalrymple |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 179 m |
| river_system | Burdekin River |
| basin_size | 35000 km2 |
| tributaries_left | Carmichael River |
| custom_label | National parks |
| custom_data | Narrien Range National Park; Epping Forest National Park |
| extra | |
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| name = Belyando | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Belyando River (Western Branch) | name_etymology = | image = Belyando riverbank.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = The Belyando River, in 2012 | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia Queensland | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of Belyando River mouth in Queensland | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Australia | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Queensland | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Central Queensland | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = 1054 km | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = Drummond Range | source1_location = below Mount Narounya | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 397 m | source2 = Belyando River (Western Branch) | source2_location = west of Lochington | source2_coordinates= | source2_elevation = 447 m | mouth = confluence with the Suttor River | mouth_location = Lake Dalrymple | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 179 m | progression = | river_system = Burdekin River | basin_size = 35000 km2 | tributaries_left = Carmichael River | tributaries_right = | custom_label = National parks | custom_data = Narrien Range National Park; Epping Forest National Park | extra = The Belyando River, including the Belyando River (Western Branch), is a river system in Central Queensland, Australia. At 1054 km in length and with a catchment area of 35000 km2, the Belyando River system is one of the longest rivers in Queensland.
It is pronounced Bel-yando.
Course and features
Comprising a mix of anabranches from source to mouth, the Belyando River and the Belyando River (Western Branch) rise below Mount Narounyah in the Drummond Range, part of the Great Dividing Range in the area southeast of . The river flows generally in a northerly direction, joined by twenty-nine tributaries including the Carmichael River. The Belyando River flows through a series of waterholes and lagoons including Grays Lagoon, Bakoolama Waterhole, Ten Mile Waterhole, Boadles Waterhole, Georges Waterhole, Broadna Waterhole, Alinya Waterhole, Sandy Camp Waterhole, Bygana Waterhole, Dunjarrobina Waterhole and Yarmina Waterhole. The river reaches its confluence with the Suttor River before flowing into Lake Dalrymple and joining the Burdekin River. The river system descends from a peak elevation of 447 m over its combined 1054 km course.
The river system has a catchment area of a little more than 35000 km2. Land use in the catchment is dominated by grazing with some cropping. Some of the catchment is included in the Narrien Range National Park and the Epping Forest National Park.
History
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Belyando River are the various indigenous Wakelbura people, including the various smaller Auanbura, Dorobura, and Metherabura clans.
Miyan (also known as Mian) is a language of North/Central Queensland.The Miyan language region includes the landscape within the local government area of the Central Highlands Region, including the localities of Mount Douglas, Bulliwallah and Lake Galilee.
Yagalingu (also known as Jagalingu, Auanbura, Kokleburra, Owanburra, Kowanburra, Wagalbara, and Djagalingu) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Central Queensland. Its traditional language region was within the local government area of Isaac Region, from the headwaters of the Belyando River south to Avoca, north to Laglan, west to the Great Dividing Range, and east and south to Drummond Range.
The first European to discover the river was explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1846 on his fourth and last expedition.
In 1935 the newspaper article about the Yacamunda Station referred to the displacement of the Belyando tribe of Aboriginal people because of noise from airplanes near Rockhampton.
The 2010–11 Queensland floods caused widespread flooding along the river and the extended isolation of properties from inundation which needed food supply drops.
In 2015 the Adani Group applied for a water licence to extract up to 12.5 GL per year from the Belyando River for use at the Carmichael coal mine.
References
References
- "Map of Belyando River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
- "Map of Belyando River, QLD (2)". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
- "Map of Belyando River (Western Branch), QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
- "The history of names: Mackay district".
- "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Surface Water Management Area: Belyando / Suttor". [[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]].
- "Belyando River Basin". NQ Dry Tropics.
- Howitt, Alfred William. (1904). "The Native Tribes of South-East Australia". Macmillan and Co..
- (2020). "Indigenous languages map of Queensland".
- "Yagalingu".
- "Moranbah". [[Isaac Regional Council]].
- (1935-08-01). "YACAMUNDA STATION". Central Queensland Herald.
- (6 January 2011). "Stranded residents may need more food drops". [[ABC News (Australia).
- "SEIS Appendix 20 - Application to take water from the Belyando River". [[Adani Group]].
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