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Dry Tropics

North Queensland's Dry Tropics region covers an area of approximately 133,432 square kilometres, most of it within the Burdekin River's catchment. The region also includes the Don, Haughton and Ross Rivers and Crystal Creek coastal catchments. The region's population is mainly concentrated in the major population centres:

Outside these centres, the population is scattered across numerous pastoral properties and mine sites. Economic activity in the dry tropics focuses on horticulture, sugar cane farming and beef production, with commercial fishing, aquaculture, mining, energy industries and tourism playing significant roles. The area around the Burdekin Delta contains Northern Australia’s largest irrigation area, with ground and surface water irrigating approximately 1,100 square kilometres. Major watercourses in the region include:
Basalt River
Belyando River
Bogie River
Bohle River
Bowen River
Broken River
Burdekin River
Campaspe River
Cape River
Clarke River
Don River
Dry River
Fanning River
Haughton River
Ross River
Running River
Sellheim River
Star River
Suttor River

Bioregions, as defined by Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia within the Burdekin Dry Tropics region, include:
Northern Brigalow Belt
Desert Uplands
Einasleigh Uplands

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Ayr

Home Hill

Basalt River
Belyando River
Bogie River
Bohle River
Bowen River
Broken River
Campaspe River
Cape River
Clarke River
Don River
Dry River
Fanning River
Haughton River
Ross River
Running River
Sellheim River
Star River
Suttor River
Northern Brigalow Belt
Desert Uplands
Einasleigh Uplands