The Burrum River is a significant estuarine system on Queensland's Fraser Coast, flowing into the ocean at the fishing village of Burrum Heads. It is a tidal river renowned for its diverse and productive inshore fishery, protected within a declared Fish Habitat Area. The river and its tributaries, including the Cherwell, Gregory, and Isis rivers, feature extensive mangrove forests, saltmarsh, seagrass beds, and intertidal sand flats, creating an ideal nursery and feeding ground for a wide range of fish and crustaceans. The upper reaches are impounded by Lenthalls Dam, creating Lake Lenthall, a freshwater reservoir stocked with Australian bass and barramundi, but the primary fishery is the tidal, saltwater estuary leading to the ocean.