Resource Condition Summary

The Bowen Broken Bogie Basin is relatively small (~ 11,730 sq. km.) and covers around 9% of the BWQIP region. Common to most of the BQWIP basins, land use is dominated by grazing on natural pastures. However, approximately 24% of the land area is set aside for conservation and minimal use, most of which lies within the Broken River subcatchment.

The Bowen Broken Bogie Basin is relatively small, covering just under 12,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing, with about a quarter used for conservation and minimal use. Most of this lies in the Broken River subcatchment.

In this Basin, waterways vary between largely sandy, dry short-lived creek systems to permanently flowing clear-water rivers and creeks that originate in mountain rainforest.