The Border Rivers are a group of Australian rivers and the associated region near part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland. The rivers rise in the New England Tablelands bioregion and drain the western side of the Great Dividing Range as they collectively form part of the headwaters of the Darling River within the Murray-Darling basin. The eastern boundary of the Border Rivers catchment area extends along the Great Dividing Range divide from in the north, to and , in the south. The western boundary of the region converges near the New South Wales town of . Collectively, the Border Rivers comprise a catchment area of . The Border Rivers flows through lands previously occupied by the Kamilaroi and Bigambul and other indigenous people. The Morella Watercourse, Boobera Lagoon, and Pungbougal Lagoon located on the Macintyre River floodplain is considered one of the most important Aboriginal places in eastern Australia. As one of the few permanent waterbodies in the northern Murray-Darling basin the complex provides refuge for wildlife during periods of drought. Sundown National Park also has ecological significance, hosting eleven rare and threatened animals, five rare or vulnerable plant species and permanent waterholes supporting a diverse range of waterbirds and aquatic biota. the catchment supported a population of around 50,000 people. The main agricultural use of land is for grazing and dryland cropping, and this covers around ninety per cent of the catchment. Irrigation for the production of cotton occurs on the western plains between and Mungindi. Branches For approximately , the Border Rivers form the border between New South Wales and Queensland, located in New South Wales between at its most eastern point, to Mungindi at its most western point. Unhelpfully, several rivers have been given the same name to separate watercourses located in each state. Queensland Generally speaking the following rivers are considered to comprise part of the river group and region within Queensland: Severn River (Queensland), draining the Stanthorpe district, and flowing into New South Wales Pike Creek, including Glenlyon Dam, and flowing into New South Wales Macintyre Brook, draining the district, and flowing into New South Wales, near Yelarbon Weir River, draining the Southern Downs district, and flowing into New South Wales, near Mungindi New South Wales The following rivers either mark the New South Wales boundary with Queensland, or are fully located within the state and are considered to comprise