Hughenden (Hughenden)
Hughenden is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Hughenden had a population of 1,136 people.
Hughenden is situated on the banks of the Flinders River.
Hughenden has the following mountains (from west to east):
* Mount Walker (-20.9513°N, 144.2138°W) 472 m
* Mount Mowbray (-20.9523°N, 144.238°W) 403 m
* Mount Devlin (-20.9558°N, 144.2726°W) 459 m
* Mount Castor (-20.9674°N, 144.3042°W) 403 m
* Mount Beckford (-20.8136°N, 144.3127°W) 419 m
Hughenden is located on the Flinders Highway, 376 km west of Townsville and 1400 km north-west of Brisbane, the state capital. The region around Hughenden is a major centre for the grazing of sheep and cattle. The main feed is annual grasses known as Flinders grass, which grow rapidly on the (by Australian standards) fertile grey or brown cracking clay soils after rain between November and March. However, because the rainfall is extremely erratic – at Hughenden itself it has ranged from 126 mm in 1926 to 1051 mm in 1950 – droughts and floods are normal and stock numbers fluctuate greatly.
The runoff from the Flinders River is much too erratic to provide a sustainable supply for any crop-growing via irrigation.
Hughenden is situated on the banks of the Flinders River.
Hughenden has the following mountains (from west to east):
* Mount Walker (-20.9513°N, 144.2138°W) 472 m
* Mount Mowbray (-20.9523°N, 144.238°W) 403 m
* Mount Devlin (-20.9558°N, 144.2726°W) 459 m
* Mount Castor (-20.9674°N, 144.3042°W) 403 m
* Mount Beckford (-20.8136°N, 144.3127°W) 419 m
Hughenden is located on the Flinders Highway, 376 km west of Townsville and 1400 km north-west of Brisbane, the state capital. The region around Hughenden is a major centre for the grazing of sheep and cattle. The main feed is annual grasses known as Flinders grass, which grow rapidly on the (by Australian standards) fertile grey or brown cracking clay soils after rain between November and March. However, because the rainfall is extremely erratic – at Hughenden itself it has ranged from 126 mm in 1926 to 1051 mm in 1950 – droughts and floods are normal and stock numbers fluctuate greatly.
The runoff from the Flinders River is much too erratic to provide a sustainable supply for any crop-growing via irrigation.
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