Macintyre River
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The Macintyre River, a perennial river that forms part of the Border Rivers group, is part of the Barwon catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, and the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia.<ref name="qpnb">Template:Cite QPN</ref>
Part of the course of the river marks the border between Queensland and New South Wales.<ref name="globe">Template:Queensland Globe</ref>
Course and featuresEdit
The Macintyre River rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, west of Guyra and south of Glen Innes, and flows generally northwest and west, joined by twenty-two tributaries, including the Severn River (New South Wales) and Dumaresq River, before reaching its confluence with the Weir River to form the Barwon River, west of Goondiwindi. In 1914, the current Goondiwindi Border Bridge was opened. It replaced a timber structure which was built in 1878.<ref name="qpg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Macintyre River descends Template:Convert over its Template:Convert course;<ref name=bonzle/> passing near the towns of Glen Innes, Inverell, Ashford, Yetman, and Boggabilla. The flow of the river is impounded by Boggabilla Weir.
The Macintyre River, together with Pike Creek, the Mole, Beardy, Severn (Queensland), Severn (New South Wales), and Dumaresq rivers, is part of the Border Rivers group. It was originally named the Dumaresq River by Allan Cunningham. The name Macintyre was given by Cunningham to what is now known as the Dumaresq River. Peter Macintyre was a pastoralist and land owner of Segenhoe Station in the Hunter River district.<ref name=qpnb />
FloodingEdit
The Macintyre River is often affected by floods and the town of Goondiwindi is protected by levee banks that can cope with a water level rise of nearly Template:Convert. During the 2010–2011 Queensland floods the river peaked at Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Previous peaks have occurred during 1996, at Template:Convert and during 1976.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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External linksEdit
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- Border Rivers Daily Report - website
- Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority - website
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