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==Flora og fauna==
VegetationVegetationen langs floden i den øvre del af afvandingsområdet along the river in the upper catchment includes [[riparian]] woodlands composed of paperbarks including; ''[[Melaleuca argentea]]'', ''[[Melaleuca bracteata]]'' and ''[[Melaleuca fluviatilis]]'' and sub-dominant eucalypts including [[Eucalyptus camaldulensis|River Red Gum]], [[Eucalyptus coolabah|Coolabah]], with minor [[Lysiphyllum cunninghamii|Bauhinia]]. Other species found include the [[Acacia salicina|wattle]]. Infestations of weeds such as [[Acacia nilotica|Prickly acacia]], Noogoora burr, Rubber vine and [[Zizyphus mauritiana|Chonky apple]] are also found.<ref name=RD>{{cite web|url=https://research.jcu.edu.au/tropwater/resources/98%2012%20Rchmdam.pdf|title=Richmond Dam and irrigation development proposal ecological issues|date=July 1998|accessdate=31 May 2015|author=Tait, Jim|publisher=[[James Cook University]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030023/https://research.jcu.edu.au/tropwater/resources/98%2012%20Rchmdam.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Underskoven domineres af et tæt dække af græsser The understorey is dominated by a closed cover of riparian grasses including native couch on the sandy loams adjacent the stream channels.
==Historie==
[[File:Edward Jukes Greig - Arrival of Burke & Wills at Flinders River, 1862.jpg|thumb|left|Burke & Wills ankommer til Flinders River, malet af Edward Jukes Greig i 1862]]
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Der var store oversvømmelser langs floden i juli 1870. En farm mistede mere end 4.000 får og vejene var ufremkommelige. I 1917 blev der registreret endnu større oversvømmelser. Hughenden stod under vand og flere mennesker druknede. Der var også store oversvømmelser i 1955, 1960, 1974, 1991 og 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hardenup.org/media/347511/queensland_flood_history.pdf|title=Archive: Harden Up Chronological History of Flooding 1857-2010|accessdate=30 May 2015|publisher=Green Cross Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530161334/http://hardenup.org/media/347511/queensland_flood_history.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
I 2003 fik farmeren Corbett Tritton licens til at kunstvande med vand fra Flinders River. Han dyrkede med succes afgrøder som [[durra]] og [[bomuld]] på sin farm, og andre kvægopdrættere blev interesserede. onBekymringer hisover cattlekonsekvenserne stationfor andmiljøet soongjorde, otherat graziersder wereikke interested.blev A moratorium on the issuing of licences followed,udstedt butflere waslicenser liftedfør ini 2013.<ref name=ABCFR/>
 
Kraftigt regnfald i Queensland tidligt i 2019 gav de værste oversvømmelser i mere end 50 år. Den store flodslette gjorde, at Flinders River kunne udvide sig til en bredde helt op til 60 kilometer. Oversvømmelserne medførte et stort tab af kvæg i området.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/14/australia/australia-flinders-river-intl/|title=Australian river swells to 37 miles wide due to flooding, creates its own weather system|last=Berlinger|first=Joshua|date=14 February 2019|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=16 May 2019}}</ref>