Barron River
The Barron River rises on the Atherton Tablelands inland from Cairns in North Queensland, Australia. With its headwaters in Upper Barron, it flows through Lake Tinaroo, and the Barron Gorge, and eventually empties into the Coral Sea between Machans Beach and Aeroglen in Cairns.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barron Falls and Rainforestation Nature Park.
Barron Falls
Waterfall
Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall in Kuranda, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. The falls are created by the Barron River descending from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain.
Rainforestation Nature Park
Zoo
Rainforestation Nature Park is a tourist attraction near Kuranda in Far North Queensland, Australia. Set on 100 acres in the midst of World Heritage rainforest, the park opened in 1976.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caravonica and Kamerunga.
Caravonica
Suburb
Caravonica is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Caravonica had a population of 2,183 people.
Kamerunga
Suburb
Kamerunga is a town and a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Kamerunga had a population of 962 people.
Smithfield Heights
Suburb
Smithfield is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Smithfield had a population of 6,664 people.
Barron River
- Type: River
- Description: river in Queensland, Australia
- Category: body of water
- Location: Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-16.8518° or 16° 51′ 7″ south
Longitude
145.66036° or 145° 39′ 37″ east
Elevation
334 metres (1,096 feet)
Open location code
5RM74MX6+74
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Barron River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر بارون”
- Asturian: “Ríu Barron”
- Catalan: “Riu Barron”
- Cebuano: “Barron River”
- Dutch: “Barron rivier”
- Dutch: “Barron”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بارون”
- French: “Barron River”
- German: “Barron River”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Barron”
- Irish: “Abhainn Barron”
- Italian: “Barron”
- Korean: “바론강”
- Polish: “Barron (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Barron”
- Spanish: “Rio Barron”
- Spanish: “Río Barron”
- Swedish: “Barron River”
- Venetian: “Fiume Barron”
- Welsh: “Afon Barron”
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