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feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from north to south roughly parallel to the coast of the

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. The two main categories of rivers in New South Wales, are those that rise in the Great Dividing Range and flow eastwards to the sea, the Coastal NSW Rivers; and those that rise on the other side of the crest of the range and flow westward, the Inland NSW Rivers. Most of the inland rivers eventually combine into the Murray-Darling network of rivers, which drains to the sea in

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Major rivers

The following rivers are the longest river systems, by length.

Coastal rivers

Due to the relatively close proximity of the Great Dividing Range to the eastern coast of New South Wales, in general, the coastal rivers are short, navigable only in their lowest reaches, if at all, and subject to flooding in periods of high rainfall. The inland rivers have little water, are also subject to flooding, and their limited resources are extensively used for irrigation in the more arid inland agricultural districts of the State. On all of the significant inland rivers, large dams have been constructed to regulate the water flow, to facilitate

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, and in some cases, to generate hydro-power. For administrative purposes, the rivers are generally grouped into four major catchments defined by their

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, and then a series of sub-catchments. The following is a list of the coastal rivers in New South Wales, in order from north to south, grouped according to catchment and sub-catchments, from mouth to upper reaches, organised by tributary:

Northern Rivers catchment

Tweed River sub-catchment

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fren ...

** Tweed River *** Oxley River *** Rous River

Brunswick River sub-catchment

** Brunswick River

Richmond River sub-catchment

Evans River The Evans River is a short river in New Zealand's South Island. It arises near Mount O'Shanessy in the Kaimata Range of the Southern Alps (New Zealand), Southern Alps and flows north-west and then south-west, joining the Crooked River, New Zealan ...

Richmond River The Richmond River is a river situated in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The river rises at the northern end of the Richmond Range, near its junction with the McPherson Range, on the Queens ...

*** Bungawalbin Creek *** Wilsons River **** Coopers Creek (designated as a river) ****

Leycester Creek The Leycester Creek, a perennial stream of the Richmond River catchment, is located in Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features Leycester Creek rises below Lofts Pinnacle on the southern extremi ...

(designated as a river) ***** Back Creek (designated as a river) *** Eden Creek (designated as a river) *** Sandy Creek (designated as a river) *** Shannon Brook (designated as a river)

Clarence River sub-catchment

** Clarence River *** Mann River ****

Nymboida River The Nymboida River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Nymboida River rises in the northern foothills of the Barren Mountain, on ...

***** Boundary Creek (Nymboida) (designated as a river) ***** Blicks River ***** Glen Fernaigh River ****** Boundary Creek (Glen Fernaigh) (designated as a river) ***** Clouds Creek (designated as a river) ***** Boyd River ****** Sara River *******

Oban River Oban River, a watercourse that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the New England and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Oban River rises below Mount Duncan, Great Dividing R ...

******* Nowlands Creek (designated as a river) ****** Guy Fawkes River ******* Aberfoyle River ****** Chandlers Creek (designated as a river) ***** Little Murray River ***** Bielsdown River ***** Little Nymboida River ****** Bobo River **** Henry River **** Yarrow River *** Tooloom Creek (designated as a river) **** Beaury Creek (designated as a river) *** Cataract River *** Coldstream River *** Timbarra River *** Orara River **** Urumbilum River **** Kangaroo River ***** Towallum River *** Esk River ** Corindi River ** Maryland River *** Boonoo Boonoo River ** Sandon River ** Wooli Wooli River *** Barcoongere River

Bellinger River sub-catchment

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea ( Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer ...

Bellinger River Bellinger River, an open and trained mature wave dominated, barrier estuary, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Bellinger River rises below Point Lookout within the Great Dividing R ...

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Never Never River Never Never River, a perennial stream of the Bellinger River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Never Never River rises on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau, near Ta ...

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Rosewood River Rosewood River, a perennial river of the Bellinger River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Rosewood River rises on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau, part of the Great D ...

** Kalang River

Nambucca-Macleay River sub-catchment

** Nambucca River *** Taylors Arm (designated as a river) **

Macleay River The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Gara River, Salisbury Waters and Bakers Creek, the Macleay River ...

*** Apsley River **** Tia River ****

Yarrowitch River Yarrowitch River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Yarrowitch River rises within Mummel Gulf National Park on the northern sl ...

***** Warnes River *** Chandler River **** Oaky River **** Styx River **** Wollomombi River ***

Dyke River Dyke River is a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Dyke River rises on the southern slopes of the Cunnawarra Range on the Dorrigo Plate ...

*** Gara River ****

Commissioners Waters The Commissioners Waters, a watercourse that is part of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Commissioners Waters was formed by the confluence of the Duma ...

(designated as a river) ***

Georges Creek Georges Creek may refer to: Places Australia * Georges Creek (Armidale Dumaresq), a tributary of the Macleay River in New South Wales In the United States * Maryland: ** George's Creek, Maryland, unincorporated community in Allegany County ** Geor ...

(designated as a river) ***

Blue Mountain Creek The Blue Mountain Creek, an intermittent stream that is part of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Blue Mountain Creek rises on the eastern slopes of Bl ...

(designated as a river) ***

Christmas Creek The Christmas Creek, a perennial stream that is part of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Christmas Creek rises below Roses Knob, about east by north of the ...

(designated as a river) ***

Kunderang Brook The Kunderang Brook, a perennial stream that is part of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Kunderang Brook rises about west of Brushy ...

(designated as a river)

Hastings River sub-catchment

** Hastings River *** Forbes River ***

Pappinbarra River The Pappinbarra River, a perennial stream of the Hastings River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Pappinbarra River rises below Mount Boss on the slopes of the Gibralt ...

*** Tobins River *** Thone River *** Ellenborough River **** Doyles River *** Maria River **** Wilson River ** Camden Haven River

Hunter and Central Rivers catchment

Manning River sub-catchment

Manning River Manning River (Biripi: ''Boolumbahtee''), an open and trained mature wave dominated barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. It is the only double delta river in the so ...

*** Pigna Barney River *** Barnard River **** Back River **** Myall River **** Curricabark River *** Nowendoc River **** Cooplacurripa River ***** Mummel River ***** Walcrow River **** Rowleys River ***** Burns Creek (designated as a river) ***** Cells River *** Connollys Creek (designated as a river) ***

Dingo Creek Dingo Creek, a perennial stream of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Dingo Creek rises below the Comboyne Plateau, about southwest of Mount Gibraltar wi ...

(designated as a river) ****

Bobin Creek Bobin Creek, a non–perennial stream of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Bobin Creek rises below Rowleys Peak on the eastern slopes of the Great Divi ...

(designated as a river) **** Caparra Creek (designated as a river) *** Cedar Party Creek (designated as a river) *** Dawson River ***

Lansdowne River Lansdowne River, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Lansdowne River rises below Mount Gibraltar in the Gibraltar Range, north northwest of ...

*** Gloucester River **** Barrington River ***** Cobark River ****** Dilgry River ***** Moppy River ***** Kerripit River **** Bowman River **** Avon River

Great Lakes sub-catchment

** Coolongolook River *** Wallamba River *** Wallingat River *** Wang Wauk River **

Karuah River Karuah River, an open semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary is located in the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Karuah River rises on the southeastern slopes of Gloucester Tops ...

*** Mammy Johnsons River **** Wards River *** The Branch River ***

Telegherry River Telegherry River, a perennial river of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Telegherry River rises on the southeastern slopes of the Williams ...

** Myall River *** Crawford River

Hunter River sub-catchment

** Hunter River *** Pages Creek (designated as a river) *** Moonan Brook (designated as a river) *** Stewarts Brook (designated as a river) *** Paterson River ****

Allyn River Allyn River, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course Allyn River rises on Allyn Range, on the slopes of the Gondwana Rainforests Barrington Tops, west of Careys ...

*** Williams River **** Chichester River ***** Wangat River *** Rouchel Brook (designated as a river) *** Pages River **** Isis River ***

Goulburn River The Goulburn River, a major inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine, Northern Country/North Central, and Southern Riverina regions of the Australian state of Victo ...

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Munmurra River Munmurra River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Munmurra River rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, below Breeza Lo ...

***** Cooba Bulga Stream (designated as a river) ***** Cattle Creek (designated as a river) **** Krui River ****

Bow River The Bow River is a river in Alberta, Canada. It begins within the Canadian Rocky Mountains and winds through the Alberta foothills onto the prairies, where it meets the Oldman River, the two then forming the South Saskatchewan River. These ...

**** Merriwa River **** Worondi Rivulet **** Bylong River ***** Growee River ***** Lee Creek (designated as a river) **** Baerami Creek (designated as a river) ****

Widden Brook Widden Brook, a partly perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course Officially designated as a river, the Widden Brook rises on the Great Dividing Range, southwest of N ...

(designated as a river) ***** Blackwater Creek (designated as a river) ***

Wollombi Brook Wollombi ( ) is a small village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within the Cessnock City Council LGA, situated southwest of Cessnock and north of Sydney. To the south is the village of Laguna, to the east, the villag ...

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Congewai Creek Congewai Creek, a watercourse of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Congewai Creek rises below Myall Range, about southeast of Quorrobolong trig station within the Watagans Na ...

(designated as a river) ***** Cedar Creek (designated as a river)

Sydney basin catchment

Central Coast sub-catchment

** Lake Macquarie ***

Dora Creek Dora River is a watercourse that is located in the Upper Central Coast/ Lower Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Dora Creek River rises below Watagan Mountains west of Martinsville, and flows generally southeas ...

(designated as a river) ** Tuggerah Lake ***

Budgewoi Lake The Budgewoi Lake, a lagoon that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the Central Coast Council local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located near the settlement of Budgewo ...

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Lake Munmorah Lake Munmorah or Munmorah Lake, a lagoon that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located near the settlement of Lake Munmorah a ...

*** Wyong River ****

Cedar Brush Creek Cedar Brush Creek is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located upstream from Wyong along the Wyong River. It is part of the local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative divisio ...

** Wamberal Lagoon ** Terrigal Lagoon **

Avoca Lake The Avoca Lake, formerly known as Avoca Lagoon and as Bulbararing Lagoon, is an intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon that is located on the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Avoca Lake is located between the ...

Hawkesbury-Nepean sub-catchment

Hawkesbury River The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney ...

*** Grose River ***

Nepean River Nepean River ( Darug: Yandhai), is a major perennial river, located in the south-west and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Nepean River and its associated mouth, the Hawkesbury River, almost encircles the metropolitan region ...

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Glenbrook Creek Glenbrook Creek is a freshwater tributary of the Nepean River. It is located within the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Geography The headwaters of Glenbrook Creek are approximately 5 km south-east of Linden, in the Blue ...

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Erskine Creek The Erskine Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Course Formed by the confluence of the Bedford and Glen Erskine creeks, the Erskine Creek (official ...

***** Bedford Creek ***** Glen Erskine Creek ****

Warragamba River The Warragamba River, a river that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Macarthur region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed through the confluence of the Coxs River and two minor tributaries, ...

***** Coxs River ****** Kedumba River ****** Little River (Oberon) ******

Jenolan River The Jenolan River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Jenolan River rises below Black Mount on the eastern s ...

****** Kowmung River *******

Hollanders River The Hollanders River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Hollanders River rises within the Moorara Range, on the ...

******* Tuglow River ******

Wollondilly River The Wollondilly River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales. The river meanders from its western slopes near C ...

******* Paddys River ******* Tonalli River *******

Nattai River The Nattai River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Nattai River rises on the Mittagong Range within the Gre ...

******** Little River (Wollondilly) ******* Tarlo River *******

Jooriland River The Jooriland River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Jooriland River rises in Bindook High ...

******* Mulwaree River *******

Wingecarribee River The Wingecarribee River (Aboriginal Dharawal: ''Winge Karrabee''), a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury– Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Wingecar ...

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Joadja Creek Joadja () is a historic town, now in ruins, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The remnants of the town were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 November 1999. It was a t ...

******** Little River (Wingecarribee) **** Burke River ***** Little Burke River ****

Cordeaux River The Cordeaux River, a perennial river of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Cordeaux River rises on the western slopes of the Illawarra esca ...

***** Avon River **** Cataract River **** Bargo River *** Colo River **** Wollemi Creek **** Wollangambe River **** Wolgan River ****

Capertee River The Capertee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Capertee River rises on the Great Dividing Range, close to Bogee, ...

*** South Creek ****

Eastern Creek Eastern Creek is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastern Creek is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area and is part of the Greater Western Sydney regio ...

***** Breakfast Creek ***** Bells Creek ***** Reedy Creek **** Kemps Creek *****

Bonds Creek Bonds Creek is a stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain ch ...

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Blaxland Creek Blaxland Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury– Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, Australia. Course and features Blaxland Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, about east south-east of and flows ...

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Ropes Creek Ropes Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Ropes Creek rises in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, near Devils Back T ...

**** Badgerys Creek *** Macdonald River *** Mangrove Creek (designated as a river) *** Mooney Mooney Creek (designated as a river) *** Berowra Creek *** Cowan Creek ****

Coal and Candle Creek Coal and Candle Creek is a creek located in Sydney, Australia. It is a tributary of Cowan Creek which flows into the Hawkesbury River. See also * Cottage Point, New South Wales References Creeks and canals of Sydney Hawkesbury River ...

**** Smiths Creek **

Pittwater Pittwater is a semi-mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, located about north of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the ...

Sydney Metropolitan sub-catchment

** Bilgola Creek **

Port Jackson Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The harbour is an inlet of the Tasman ...

*** Middle Harbour **** Middle Harbour Creek ***

Parramatta River The Parramatta River is an intermediate tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With an average depth of , the Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. S ...

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Iron Cove Creek Iron Cove Creek (also known as Dobroyd Stormwater Channel), a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is an urban stream west of Sydney Harbour, located in the inner-western Sydney suburbs of Croydon, Ashfield, Haberfield and Five Dock in ...

**** Hawthorne Canal ****

Lane Cove River The Lane Cove River, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The river is a tributary of the Parramatta River, winding t ...

***** Gore Creek ***** Scout Creek ***** Devlins Creek ***** Terrys Creek ****

Tarban Creek Tarban Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ecology Tarban Creek starts near Earnshaw Parade in Gladesville and runs along a concrete base through Tarba ...

**** Powells Creek ***** Saleyards Creek **** Haslams Creek **** Duck River ***** A'Becketts Creek ****** Duck Creek ******* Little Duck Creek **** Charity Creek **** Smalls Creek **** Archer Creek **** Subiaco Creek ***** The Ponds Creek **** Vineyard Creek **** Darling Mills Creek **** Toongabbie Creek ***** Blacktown Creek *** Whites Creek *** Johnstons Creek ****

Orphan School Creek Orphan School Creek is a storm drain located in inner Sydney, New South Wales. It is a tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does n ...

Botany Bay Botany Bay ( Dharawal: ''Kamay''), an open ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refe ...

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Cooks River The Cooks River, a semi-mature tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, is a tributary of Botany Bay, located in south-eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The course of the long urban waterway has been altered to accommodate various dev ...

**** Coxs Creek ****

Wolli Creek Wolli Creek () is an urban watercourse of the Cooks River catchment located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Wolli Creek rises south of Narwee, within Beverly Hills Park, Beverly Hills, and ...

***** Bardwell Creek **** Cup and Saucer Creek ****

Alexandra Canal Alexandra Canal may refer to: *Alexandra Canal (New South Wales), in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *Alexandra Canal, Singapore Alexandra Canal is a 1.2-kilometer long functional and concrete canal in Singapore which stretches from Tanglin Roa ...

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Georges River The Georges River, also known as Tucoerah River, is an intermediate tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, located to the south and west of Sydney, New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_ ...

**** Cabramatta Creek **** Prospect Creek ***** Orphan School Creek (Fairfield) ****** Clear Paddock Creek **** Salt Pan Creek **** Woronora River **** Boggywell Creek **

Port Hacking Port Hacking Estuary (Aboriginal Tharawal language: ''Deeban''), an open youthful tide dominated, drowned valley estuary, is located in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia approximately south of Sydney central business district. ...

*** Hacking River

Southern Rivers catchment

Illawarra sub-catchment

Lake Illawarra Lake Illawarra (Aboriginal Tharawal language: various adaptions of ''Elouera'', ''Eloura'', or ''Allowrie''; ''Illa'', ''Wurra'', or ''Warra'' meaning pleasant place near the sea, or, high place near the sea, or, white clay mountain), is an ope ...

Minnamurra River The Minnamurra River, an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary, is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features Minnamurra River rises within the Budderoo National Park on the eastern slopes of ...

** Port Kembla

Shoalhaven River sub-catchment

Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The Shoalh ...

*** Kangaroo River ***

Mongarlowe River The Mongarlowe River is a perennial river of the Shoalhaven catchment located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It was also known as Little River, during the 19th century. Location and features The river rises ...

*** Corang River *** Endrick River ** St Georges Basin

Eurobodalla catchment

** Clyde River ***

Yadboro River Yadboro River, a perennial river of the Clyde River catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and the upper ranges of the South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Yadboro River rises below Currockbilly Mount ...

*** Bimberamala River *** Buckenbowra River ** Moruya River *** Deua River **** Araluen Creek (designated as a river) ***** Majors Creek (designated as a river) **** Bettowynd Creek (designated as a river) ** Tomaga River ** Tuross River *** Back River *** Wadbilliga River **** Queens Pound River ****

Yowrie River Yowrie River, a perennial river of the Tuross River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Yowrie River rises on the eastern slopes of the Badja Range within Wadbilli ...

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Pambula River Pambula River is an open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Pambula River rises in timbered highlands near the locality of Lochiel a ...

**** Yowaka River

Far South Coast sub-catchment

** Bega River *** Brogo River ***

Bemboka River The Bemboka River, a perennial stream of the Bega River catchment, is located in the Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Bemboka River rises in the Kybeyan Range, that is part of the Great D ...

**** Nunnock River ** Bermagui River ** Genoa River *** White Rock River *** Wallagaraugh River **** Imlay Creek (designated as a river) ** Merimbula Lake **

Merrica River The Merrica River is an intermediate intermittently closed Estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, saline coastal lagoon or perennial stream, perennial river located in the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. ...

** Murrah River *** Dry River ** Nadgee River **

Twofold Bay Twofold Bay is an open oceanic embayment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The bay was named by George Bass, for its shape of two bights. The northern bight is called Calle Calle Bay; while the southe ...

*** Nullica River *** Towamba River **** Wog Wog River **

** Wonboyn River

Snowy River sub-catchment

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct wat ...

Snowy River The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. It originates on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland peak, draining the eastern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, before flowing through the ...

(mouth located in Victoria) *** Mowamba River *** Maclaughlin River *** Jacobs River *** Delegate River **** Bombala River ***** Undowah River ***** Coolumbooka River **** Little Plains River ***** Bendoc River ***** Queensborough River *** Pinch River ***

Eucumbene River The Eucumbene River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Eucumbene River rises below Shaw Hill, in the northern part of the Koscius ...

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Gungarlin River The Gungarlin River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Gungarlin River rises below the Munyang Range, in the southern part of the ...

**** Burrungubugge River *** Thredbo River **** Little Thredbo River *** Suggan Buggan River (river and mouth located in Victoria) **** Ingeegoodbee River (mouth located in Victoria)

Inland-flowing rivers

The inland-flowing rivers in New South Wales can be considered in two groups. In the northern half of the state, a series of rivers rise on the western side of the Great Dividing Range. These rivers flow west and northwest and eventually combine into the Barwon, which becomes the

Darling River The Darling River (Paakantyi: ''Baaka'' or ''Barka'') is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring from its source in northern New South Wales to its conflu ence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. Including its longes ...

further west near Bourke. The waters of the Darling River then flow south through the arid far west of NSW. The second group of inland-flowing rivers in NSW rise in the southern part of the state, sourced predominantly from the western and southern slopes of the

Snowy Mountains The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range cordillera syst ...

and the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and combine directly with the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) ( Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longe ...

, which forms the southern border of NSW with Victoria. The two groups converge at Wentworth in the far south-west corner of the state, where the Murray River crosses the New South Wales/Victorian/

border, east of Paringa in South Australia.

North-western New South Wales

in the northwestern sector of the state. ** Barwon River *** Bokhara River ***

Moonie River The Moonie River (Mooni River) is a river in Shire of Balonne, Queensland and Walgett Shire, New South Wales, both in Australia. It is a perennial river of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin. Name The river was nam ...

*** MacIntyre River **** Boomi River **** Dumaresq River ***** Bluff River ***** Severn River (Queensland) ***** Mole River **** Severn River, New South Wales ***** Beardy Waters ***

Gwydir River Gwydir River (locally wɑe̯də, a major inland perennial river of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands, North West Slopes, and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia. The r ...

also Copeton Dam **** Horton River **** Moredun Creek **** Rocky River **** Mehi River *** Namoi River also Keepit Dam **** Peel River ***** Cockburn River **** Manilla River **** Mooki River **** Macdonald River *** Castlereagh River ***

Macquarie River The Macquarie River - Wambuul is part of the Macquarie– Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the central highlands of New South Wales near the ...

also

Burrendong Dam Burrendong Dam is a rock-fill embankment major gated dam with a clay core across the Macquarie River upstream of Wellington in the central west region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, irrigation, ...

**** Talbragar River *****

Coolaburragundy River Coolaburragundy River, a perennial stream that is part of the Talbragar catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Orana district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the south-western slopes of the Liverpoo ...

****

Cudgegong River Cudgegong River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central western and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises of the western slopes of the ...

**** Little River **** Bell River **** Turon River ***** Crudine River **** Fish River *****

Duckmaloi River Duckmaloi River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The Duckmaloi River rises on the western slopes of the ...

***** Campbells River ***

Bogan River Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie– Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan Rive ...

South-western New South Wales

In the southwestern sector of the state: *

also Lake Hume **

Murrumbidgee River The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, des ...

also Burrinjuck Dam ***

Lachlan River The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee River, Murrumbidgee drainage basin, catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West (New South Wales), Central West, and R ...

also

Wyangala Dam Wyangala Dam is a major gated rock fill with clay core embankment and gravity dam with eight radial gates and a concrete chute spillway across the Lachlan River, located in the south-western slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The d ...

**** Abercrombie River ***** Bolong River ***** Isabella River **** Boorowa River **** Belubula River **** Crookwell River *** Tumut River also

Blowering Dam The Blowering Dam is a major ungated rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway impounding a reservoir under the same name. It is located on the Tumut River upstream of Tumut in the Snowy Mountains region of New ...

**** Goobarragandra River **** Doubtful Creek (designated as a river) *** Goodradigbee River *** Yass River ***

Molonglo River The Molonglo River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro and Capital Country regions of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia. ...

also Cotter River and other rivers of the ACT **** Queanbeyan River **** Jerrabomberra Creek (designated as a river) *** Bredbo River **** Strike-a-Light River **

Edward River Edward River, or Kyalite River, an anabranch of the Murray River and part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. The river rises at Picnic Point east of Mathoura, ...

*** Wakool River ** Swampy Plain River *** Geehi River see

Snowy Mountains Scheme The Snowy Mountains Scheme or Snowy scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia. The Scheme consists of sixteen major dams; nine power stations; two pumping stations; and of tunnels, pipelines and aqueducts that ...

** Tooma River *** Tumbarumba Creek (designated as a river)

References

External links

Guide to Sydney Rivers site
{{DEFAULTSORT:New South Wales Floods in New South Wales