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The Isaac River is a river and anabranch located in Central Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river rise near the Moranbah North coal mine in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a south easterly crossing the Peak Downs Highway near Moranbah. It continues past Iffley and veers eastward at Leichhardt Downs forming a series of braided channels and veers south east again and flowing past the eastern edge of Junee State Forest and then discharges into the MacKenzie River of which it is a tributary.〔 The river has a catchment area of of which an area of is composed of riverine wetlands.〔 〕 The river was named for the pastoralist Frederick Nevil Isaac by the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who came across the river during his 1845 expedition through the area to Port Essington. Isaac owned Gowrie Station in the Darling Downs and was a keen supporter of Leichhardts. ==See also== *List of rivers of Queensland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isaac River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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