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of the
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, Australia. The principal
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feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the
Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
, which extend from north to south roughly parallel to the coast of the
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and Tasman seas 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
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s 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
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
, 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

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** Tweed River ***
Oxley River Oxley River, a perennial river of the Tweed River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Hopping Dicks Creek and Tyalgum Creek, Oxley River rises ...
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Rous River Rous River, a Perennial stream, perennial river of the Tweed River (New South Wales), Tweed River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Rous River rises below Mount Hobwee on the s ...


Brunswick River sub-catchment

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** Brunswick River


Richmond River sub-catchment

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** Evans River **
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 Queensla ...
*** 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 extremity ...
(designated as a river) ***** Back Creek (designated as a river) ***
Eden Creek The Eden 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 Eden Creek rises below the Richmond Range in remote country within Toonum ...
(designated as a river) *** Sandy Creek (designated as a river) ***
Shannon Brook The Shannon Brook, 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 Formed by the confluence of the Theresa Creek and Deep Creek, Shannon ...
(designated as a river)


Clarence River sub-catchment

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** 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 t ...
***** Boundary Creek (Nymboida) (designated as a river) ***** Blicks River *****
Glen Fernaigh River Glen Fernaigh River, a perennial stream, perennial river of the Clarence River (New South Wales), Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Glen Fernaigh River rises on ...
****** Boundary Creek (Glen Fernaigh) (designated as a river) ***** Clouds Creek (designated as a river) ***** Boyd River ******
Sara River Sara River, a perennial stream 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 Sara River rises on the southern slopes of Mount Mi ...
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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 Ran ...
******* Nowlands Creek (designated as a river) ******
Guy Fawkes River Guy Fawkes River, a perennial stream that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is in the New England and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Guy Fawkes River rises below Majors Point, on the no ...
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Aberfoyle River Aberfoyle 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 Aberfoyle River rises on the slopes of the Great D ...
****** Chandlers Creek (designated as a river) ***** Little Murray River *****
Bielsdown River Bielsdown River, a perennial stream that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Course Bielsdown River rises on the Dorrigo Plateau within the Great Dividing Range, below ...
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Little Nymboida River Little Nymboida River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia. It flows through the village of Lowanna. Course and features Little ...
****** Bobo River **** Henry River ****
Yarrow River Yarrow River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Yarrow River rises below Mitchell Hill, on the slopes of the Great Dividing Ra ...
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Tooloom Creek The Tooloom Creek, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features Formed by the confluence of the Lindsay and Grahams creeks, the Too ...
(designated as a river) ****
Beaury Creek The Beaury Creek, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Beaury Creek rises on the southern slopes of the McPherson Range below Bald Knob, ...
(designated as a river) *** Cataract River ***
Coldstream River Coldstream River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Coldstream River rises below Glenugie Peak, near Brown Knob Trignometric Station and f ...
*** Timbarra River ***
Orara River Orara River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Orara River rises on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau, Great Dividing Range, ...
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Urumbilum River Urumbilum River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Northern Rivers districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Urumbilum River rises on the eastern slopes of the Dorri ...
**** Kangaroo River *****
Towallum River Towallum River, a perennial river of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Towallum River rises on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range near Moleton, north ...
*** Esk River **
Corindi River Corindi River, an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Corindi River rises below Knobbys Lookout, in hilly country located to the west of Woolgoo ...
** Maryland River *** Boonoo Boonoo River ** Sandon River **
Wooli Wooli River Wooli Wooli River, an open and Breakwater (structure), trained mature wind wave, wave dominated, estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Wooli ...
*** Barcoongere River


Bellinger River sub-catchment

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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 Ra ...
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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 Tallo ...
*** Rosewood River **
Kalang River The Kallang River (, ms, Sungei Kallang) is the longest river in Singapore, flowing for 10 kilometers. from the Lower Peirce Reservoir (originally named "Kallang River Reservoir") to the Kallang Basin. It originates in the planning ...


Nambucca-Macleay River sub-catchment

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Nambucca River The Nambucca River is a river located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Nambucca River rises below Killiekrankie Mountain on the Dorrigo Plateau, part of the Great Dividing Range, and flows general ...
*** 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 r ...
*** Apsley River ****
Tia River Tia River , a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The river rises below Mount Grundy on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range ...
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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 slo ...
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Warnes River Warnes River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Warnes River rises below Mount Werrikimbe, on the eastern slopes of the Great Div ...
*** Chandler River **** Oaky River **** Styx River **** Wollomombi River *** Dyke River *** 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 **Georges ...
(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 Blue ...
(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

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Hastings River Hastings River ( Birpai: ''Doongang''), an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Hastings River rise ...
*** 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 Gibraltar R ...
*** Tobins River ***
Thone River Thone 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 Thone River rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Gibraltar, within the Gibraltar Range, ...
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Ellenborough River Ellenborough River, a perennial river of the Hastings River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Ellenborough River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, south ...
**** Doyles River *** Maria River **** Wilson River **
Camden Haven River Camden Haven River, an open and Breakwater (structure), trained intermediate wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and feature ...


Hunter and Central Rivers catchment


Manning River sub-catchment

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Manning River Manning River (Birpai language, Biripi: ''Boolumbahtee''), an open and Breakwater (structure), trained mature wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast ...
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Pigna Barney River Pigna Barney River, a partly perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Pigna Barney River rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Royal Range, south ...
*** Barnard River **** Back River ****
Myall River Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Myall River rises out of the southern slopes ...
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Curricabark River Curricabark River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Curricabark River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, nor ...
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Nowendoc River Nowendoc River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Nowendoc River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great D ...
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Cooplacurripa River Cooplacurripa River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. The river flows through the small locality of Cooplacurripa , after which ...
***** Mummel River ***** Walcrow River ****
Rowleys River Rowleys River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Rowleys River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Div ...
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Burns Creek Burns Creek, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Burns Creek rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, about northeas ...
(designated as a river) ***** Cells River ***
Connollys Creek Connollys Creek, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Connollys Creek rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range within the Kn ...
(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 wit ...
(designated as a river) **** Bobin Creek (designated as a river) **** Caparra Creek (designated as a river) ***
Cedar Party Creek Cedar Party 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 Cedar Party Creek rises about southeast of the village of Mooral Creek. The r ...
(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 ...
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Gloucester River Gloucester River ( ), a perennial river and major tributary of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast hinterland New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Gloucester River rises within Gloucester Tops, on the east ...
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Barrington River Barrington may refer to: People * Barrington (name) * Barrington baronets, holders of a title in the baronetage of England * Viscount Barrington, a title in the peerage of Ireland Places Australia * Barrington, New South Wales * Barring ...
***** Cobark River ****** Dilgry River *****
Moppy River Moppy River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Moppy River rises in the Barrington Tops, on the eastern slopes of Mount Royal Range, south ...
***** Kerripit River ****
Bowman River Bowman River, a perennial river of the Gloucester River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Bowman River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Upper Bow ...
**** Avon River


Great Lakes sub-catchment

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Coolongolook River Coolongolook River, a Perennial stream, watercourse of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Coolongolook River rises on the northern slopes below Mount Chapm ...
*** Wallamba River *** Wallingat River ***
Wang Wauk River Wang Wauk River, a perennial river of the Great Lakes system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed from the confluence of the Horse Creek and Teatree Creek, the Wang Wauk River rise ...
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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 o ...
*** Mammy Johnsons River **** Wards River ***
The Branch River The Branch River, a watercourse 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 The Branch River rises on south west of the settlement of Crawford R ...
*** Telegherry River **
Myall River Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Myall River rises out of the southern slopes ...
*** Crawford River


Hunter River sub-catchment

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Hunter River Hunter River may refer to: *Hunter River (New South Wales), Australia *Hunter River (Western Australia) *Hunter River, New Zealand *Hunter River (Prince Edward Island), Canada **Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, community on Hunter River, Canada ...
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Pages Creek Pages Creek, a mostly 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 Pages Creek rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing ...
(designated as a river) ***
Moonan Brook Moonan Brook, a mostly perennial stream of the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter Region, Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course Officially designated as a river, the Moonan Brook rises ...
(designated as a river) *** Stewarts Brook (designated as a river) ***
Paterson River Paterson River, a perennial river that is part of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Paterson River rises in the Barrington Tops National Park, wes ...
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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 Pe ...
*** Williams River ****
Chichester River The Chichester River, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Chichester River rises in the Chichester Range below Barrington Tops and east of Careys Peak, a ...
***** Wangat River *** Rouchel Brook (designated as a river) ***
Pages River Pages River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Pages River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range below Mount Gregson, so ...
**** 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 Victoria. ...
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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 Loo ...
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Cooba Bulga Stream Cooba Bulga Stream, a mostly 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 Cooba Bulga Stream rises on the southern slopes of the Liv ...
(designated as a river) ***** Cattle Creek (designated as a river) ****
Krui River Krui River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Krui River rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, below Oxleys Peak, at M ...
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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 w ...
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Merriwa River Merriwa River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Merriwa River rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, below Oxleys Peak, ...
**** Worondi Rivulet ****
Bylong River Bylong River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course Bylong River rises in the central tablelands of the Capertee Valley, within Wolle ...
***** 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 ****
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 ...
(designated as a river) ***** Cedar Creek (designated as a river)


Sydney basin catchment


Central Coast sub-catchment

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Lake Macquarie The City of Lake Macquarie is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The area is situated adjacent ...
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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 ...
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Tuggerah Lake Tuggerah Lake, an intermittently open intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary 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 ...
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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 Budgewoi ...
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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 and ...
*** Wyong River **** Cedar Brush Creek **
Wamberal Lagoon Wamberal Lagoon, an intermittently closed intermediate saline Lagoon#Coastal lagoons, coastal lagoon, is located on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Wamberal Lagoon is located between the be ...
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Terrigal Lagoon Terrigal Lagoon, an intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon, is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Terrigal Lagoon is located between the towns of Terrigal and Wamberal, and adjacent to the Pacifi ...
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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

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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 Abe ...
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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. ...
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Grose River The Grose River, a Perennial stream, perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Cour ...
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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 of ...
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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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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, War ...
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Coxs River The Coxs River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands, Blue Mountains, and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Coxs River rises in Gardin ...
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Kedumba River The Kedumba River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Kedumba Creek rises on the eastern side of Wal ...
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Little River (Oberon) The Little 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 Little River rises between the Mini Mini Range and Black Ra ...
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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 slope ...
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Kowmung River The Kowmung River (Gandangara: ''Barnalay''), 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 Kowmung River is formed by the c ...
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Wollondilly River The Wollondilly River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the HawkesburyNepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales. The river meanders from its western slopes near Crook ...
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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 Great D ...
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Little River (Wollondilly) The Little 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 Little River rises north of the locality of Hilltop and w ...
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Tarlo River The Tarlo River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Tarlo River rises within the Great ...
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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 Highland ...
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Mulwaree River The Mulwaree River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Mulwaree River rises east of the Lake George Escarpment, ...
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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 Wingecarri ...
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Little River (Wingecarribee) The Little River, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Little River rises south southeast of the locality of Wills ...
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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 escarpm ...
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Bargo River The Bargo River, a watercourse of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands and Macarthur districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Bargo River rises in the southern slopes of Southern Highlands, north of ...
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Colo River The Colo River, a perennial stream that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Course The Colo River rises on the Great Dividing Range, northeast of Newnes, formed by the ...
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Wollemi Creek The Wollemi Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Wollemi Creek rises below Kekeelbon Mountain ...
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Wollangambe River The Wollangambe River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the HawkesburyNepean catchment within the Sydney Basin, is located in the Greater Blue Mountains Area of New South Wales. Course and features The Wollangambe River rises abou ...
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Wolgan River The Wolgan River, a watercourse of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of Carne Creek (also called Wolgan River (Eastern Bran ...
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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, sou ...
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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 region. E ...
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Breakfast Creek The Breakfast Creek ( Aboriginal: ''Barrambin'') is a small urban stream that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Course and features Rising as the Enoggera Creek ...
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Bonds Creek Bonds Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Bonds Creek was named in honor of Lewis Bond. See also *List of rivers of West Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers inclu ...
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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 Tu ...
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Badgerys Creek Badgerys Creek, also known as Badgery's Creek, is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Liverpool. It i ...
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Mooney Mooney Creek The Mooney Mooney Creek, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Mooney Mooney Creek rises southeast of Central Mangrove ...
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Berowra Creek The Berowra Creek, a Perennial stream, watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Nepean catchment, is located to the north of the Sydney central business district in the Hornsby Shire of New South Wales, Australi ...
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Cowan Creek Cowan Creek is located in New South Wales, Australia. It is a tidal subcatchment of the Hawkesbury River. Almost all of the catchment lies within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the north ...
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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 Cottage Point is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New ...
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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 Ce ...


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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 Abe ...
** 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 Sea (p ...
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Middle Harbour Middle Harbour (or ''Warrin ga''), a semi–mature tide dominated drowned valley estuary, is the northern arm of Port Jackson, an inlet of the Tasman Sea located north of Sydney central business district on the coast of New South Wales, Austr ...
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Middle Harbour Creek Middle Harbour Creek, a tributary of Middle Harbour, is a youthful tide-dominated, drowned-valley estuary northwest of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ecology Formed by the confluence of Bare Creek and Frenchs Creek, no ...
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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. Seco ...
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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 Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, located in the Inner West (Sydney), inner-western Sydney suburbs of Croydon, New S ...
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Hawthorne Canal The Hawthorne Canal, a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a New South Wales State Heritage Register, heritagelisted canal, artificial waterway located in the western reaches of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, in the Inner West (Sydney) ...
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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 throu ...
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Scout Creek Scout Creek is an urban gully, is located in Hornsby Shire local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Parramatta River catchment. Course and features Scout Creek rises on the southern side of the intersect ...
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Devlins Creek Devlins Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia. Course and features Devlins Creek rises about south south-west of the suburb of ; with its headwat ...
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Terrys Creek Terrys Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Lane Cove River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia. It was named after Edward Terry (1840 - 1907) who served as the first mayor of Eastwood municipality. C ...
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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 Tarban C ...
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Saleyards Creek Saleyards Creek (also known as Saleyard Creek) is a canalised urban stream, acting as a stormwater channel, located in Sydney, Australia. Its upstream course follows approximately the boundary between the suburbs of Homebush and Homebush West. Nor ...
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Haslams Creek Haslams Creek, a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, Australia. It flows through Sydney Olympic Park and joins Parramatta River at Homebush Bay. In 1793, the first grants were made to ...
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Charity Creek Charity Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It joins the Parramatta River at Meadowbank Park, Meadowbank, New South Wales, Meadowbank ...
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Smalls Creek Smalls Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It joins the Parramatta River at Meadowbank Park, Meadowbank. Ecology The source of the creek is in ...
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Subiaco Creek Ponds/Subiaco Creek, a joint northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek north-west of Sydney Harbour, located in the Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Creek is also known as The Ponds and the Subiaco ...
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Darling Mills Creek The Darling Mills Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Darling Mills Creek rises in the north-western suburbs of ...
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Toongabbie Creek Toongabbie Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Toongabbie Creek rises in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, west o ...
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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 not ...
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Botany Bay Botany Bay (Dharawal: ''Kamay''), an open oceanic embayment, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cook ...
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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 deve ...
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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 ...
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Bardwell Creek Bardwell Creek, an urban watercourse of the Cooks River catchment, is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Bardwell Creek rises in Georges River local government area, near Hurstville and ...
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Cup and Saucer Creek Cup and Saucer Creek, an urban watercourse of the Cooks River catchment, is located in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Cup and Saucer Creek rises in Canterbury local government area, ...
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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, Australia. The river travels for approximately in a north and then easterly ...
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Cabramatta Creek Cabramatta Creek, an urban watercourse of the Georges River catchment, is located in the South Western Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Cabramatta Creek rises in the rural/residential suburb of Denham Court, east south-e ...
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Orphan School Creek (Fairfield) Orphan School Creek is a tributary of Prospect Creek, located entirely within the City of Fairfield. It starts in Allambie Road Reserve, Bossley Park, on the border with Edensor Park, and flows in a generally eastern direction before emptying in ...
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Clear Paddock Creek Clear Paddock Creek is a tributary of Orphan School Creek, which in turn, is a tributary of Prospect Creek, located in the City of Fairfield, NSW. It flows north from Bonnyrigg (), then turns its course north-east from Edensor Road (), before e ...
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Salt Pan Creek Salt Pan Creek is an urban watercourse of the Georges River catchment, located in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Salt Pan Creek rises west southwest of the suburb of Mount Lewis, wi ...
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Woronora River The Woronora River is a Perennial stream, perennial river of the Sydney Basin, located in the Sutherland Shire Local government in Australia, local government area of Sydney, Greater Metropolitan Sydney, approximately south of the Sydney centr ...
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Boggywell Creek Boggywell Creek, an urban gully that is part of the Georges River catchment, is located in the southern Sydney district of St George, in New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Boggywell Creek rises about north by east of Thorpe Park ...
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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. Port ...
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Hacking River The Hacking River is a watercourse that is located in the Southern Sydney region of New South Wales in Australia. For thousands of years traditional owners called the river Deeban, however the colonial settlers renamed the river after Henry Ha ...


Southern Rivers catchment


Illawarra sub-catchment

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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 ...
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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 th ...
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Port Kembla A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...


Shoalhaven River sub-catchment

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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 Shoalhaven ...
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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 on ...
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Endrick River Endrick River is a perennial river of the Shoalhaven catchment located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features Endrick River rises below Quiltys Mountain on the western slopes of the Budawang Range ...
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St Georges Basin St Georges Basin is a town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. St George Basin is located on the shores of St Georges Basin, within the City of Shoalhaven. It is roughly south of Nowra, and approximately south of Sydney. ...


Eurobodalla catchment

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** Clyde River *** Yadboro River ***
Bimberamala River Bimberamala 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 Bimberamala River rises below Mount Bu ...
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Buckenbowra River Buckenbowra River, a perennial river of the Clyde River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Buckenbowra River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing ...
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Moruya River The Moruya River is an open and trained mature wave dominated barrier estuary or tidal river is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. In its upper freshwater reaches, the river is known as the Deua River. Course a ...
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Deua River The Deua River, being the main perennial river of the Moruya River catchment, is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Deua River rises about southeast of Bendethera Mountain, on the eastern s ...
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Araluen Creek Araluen Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Moruya River catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Araluen Creek rises near Gilli ...
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Tuross River The Tuross River, an open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial stream, is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Tuross River rises of the eastern slopes of the Kybeyan Range, p ...
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Wadbilliga River The Wadbilliga River is a perennial stream of the Tuross River catchment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Wadbilliga River rises on the western slopes of Mount Wadbilliga, located ...
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Queens Pound River Queens Pound River, a partly perennial stream, perennial river of the Tuross River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Queens Pound ...
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Far South Coast sub-catchment

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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 Abe ...
** Bega River ***
Brogo River Brogo River, a perennial stream, perennial river that is part of the Bega River (New South Wales), Bega River catchment, is located in the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Brogo ...
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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 ...
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Bermagui River Bermagui River is an open and trained semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Coolagolite Creek and Nut ...
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Genoa River Genoa River is a perennial river located in the Monaro region of New South Wales and flows into the East Gippsland region of Victoria in Australia. It used to be known as Bondi Creek or Yard Creek. The river's name derives from the First People ...
*** White Rock River ***
Wallagaraugh River The Wallagaraugh River is a perennial river of the Genoa River catchment, with its headwaters located in the South Coast region of New South Wales and its lower reaches located in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Course and fe ...
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Imlay Creek The Imlay Creek is a perennial river of the Genoa River catchment, with its headwaters and lower reaches located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Imlay Creek rises below Mount Imlay within Mount I ...
(designated as a river) ** Merimbula Lake ** Merrica River **
Murrah River Murrah River is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Mumbulla Creek and Dry River, approximately ...
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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 southern ...
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Towamba River The Towamba River is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river, located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Towamba River rises near Coolangubra Mountain, below Mount Marshal ...
**** Wog Wog River ** Pambula River **
Wonboyn River The Wonboyn River, an open youthful wind wave, wave dominated Estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary or perennial stream, is located in the South Coast (New South Wales), South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and fe ...


Snowy River sub-catchment

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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 waterwa ...
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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 ...
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Maclaughlin River The Maclaughlin River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Maclaughlin River rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range approximate ...
*** Jacobs River ***
Delegate River The Delegate River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine regions of the states of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Delegate River rises below Cob Hill within Errinundra Nationa ...
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Bombala River The Bombala River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Bombala River rises within the Kybeyan Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, on the s ...
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Coolumbooka River The Coolumbooka River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Coolumbooka River is formed by the confluence of the Badgerys Creek and the Horseys ...
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Little Plains River The Little Plains 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 Little Plains River is formed by the confluence of the Queensborough Riv ...
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Bendoc River The Bendoc River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine regions of the states of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Bendoc River rises within Errinundra National Park on the Errinun ...
***** 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 Kosciuszko N ...
*** Gungarlin River **** Burrungubugge River *** Thredbo River **** Little Thredbo River ***
Suggan Buggan River The Suggan Buggan River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Berrima River and the Freestone Creek, the Sugg ...
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Ingeegoodbee River The Ingeegoodbee River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine regions of the states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Course and features The Ingeegoodbee River rises in alpine country within the Snow ...
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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 system ...
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 longest r ...
, which forms the southern border of NSW with
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
. The two groups converge at
Wentworth Wentworth may refer to: People * Wentworth (surname) * Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator * Wentworth Miller (born 1 ...
in the far south-west corner of the state, where the Murray River crosses the New South Wales/Victorian/
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
border, east of Paringa in South Australia.


North-western New South Wales

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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 ...
in the northwestern sector of the state. ** Barwon River ***
Bokhara River The Bokhara River, a watercourse that is part of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South Downs region of Queensland, flowing downstream into the north–western slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It f ...
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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 named '' ...
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Dumaresq River The Dumaresq River ; ( Indigenous Bigambul: ''Karaula'') a perennial stream of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales and the Darling D ...
***** Bluff River *****
Severn River (Queensland) The Severn River, a perennial river that forms part of the Border Rivers group, is part of the Macintyre catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Queensland ...
***** Mole River ****
Severn River, New South Wales The Severn River , a perennial river that forms part of the Border Rivers group, is part of the Macintyre catchment of the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. ...
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Beardy Waters Beardy Waters, a Perennial stream, watercourse and part of the Macintyre River, Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Etymology The name of the river de ...
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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 ri ...
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Copeton Dam Copeton Dam is a major clay core and rock fill embankment dam with nine radial gates and a gated concrete chute spillway across the Gwydir River upstream of Bingara in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includ ...
**** Horton River **** Moredun Creek **** Rocky River ****
Mehi River The Mehi River is a perennial watercourse that is part of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Orana district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises from the Gwydir River west of Pallamallawa, and ...
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Namoi River The Namoi River, a major perennial river that is part of the Barwon catchment of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia. The Namoi River rises on the west ...
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Keepit Dam Keepit Dam is a major gated mass concrete gravity dam with an earth fill abutment and a central gated concrete overflow crest and six radial gate spillways across the Namoi River upstream of its junction with the Peel River in the North West ...
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Cockburn River Cockburn River ( ) is a perennial river that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the west slopes of Moonbi Range, near ...
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Manilla River Manilla River, a perennial stream that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The stream (called a river) rises south–west of Barraba on ...
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Mooki River Mooki River, a perennial stream that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. The river starts at the junction of Omaleah Creek and Phillips ...
**** Macdonald River ***
Castlereagh River The Castlereagh River is located in the central–western district of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Macquarie-Castlereagh catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is an unregulated river, meaning no dams or storage have be ...
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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 ...
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Burrendong Dam Burrendong Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam, embankment major gated dam with a clay core across the Macquarie River upstream of Wellington, New South Wales, Wellington in the Central West (New South Wales), central west region of New South Wale ...
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Talbragar River Talbragar River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Orana district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the western side of the Liverpool Range on south ...
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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 Liverpool ...
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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 ...
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Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
**** Bell River ****
Turon River Turon River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central western district of New South Wales, Australia. Partly situated in the Turon National Park, the river is host t ...
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Crudine River Crudine River, a watercourse that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central western district of New South Wales, Australia. The Crudine River rises on the western slopes of the Great Divi ...
**** Fish River *****
Duckmaloi River Duckmaloi River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie River, 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 ...
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Campbells River Campbells River, a perennial stream that is part of the Upper Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central–western region of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the western slopes of the Great ...
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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 River ...


South-western New South Wales

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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 longest r ...
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Lake Hume Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydroelectricity, hydro-po ...
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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, desce ...
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Burrinjuck Dam Burrinjuck Dam is a heritage-listed major gated concrete-walled gravity hydro-electric dam at Burrinjuck, Yass Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It has three spillways across the Murrumbidgee River located in the South West Slopes regio ...
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Lachlan River The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The Lachlan River ...
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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 ...
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Abercrombie River Abercrombie River, a perennial river that is part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. Course The river rises to the east of the village of Mount Werong and generally flows westward tow ...
***** Bolong River ***** Isabella River ****
Boorowa River Boorowa River, a perennial stream that is part of the Lachlan catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central–western region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The river rises about north of Yass a ...
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Belubula River Belubula River, a Perennial stream, perennial river that is part of the Lachlan River, Lachlan catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Central West (New South Wales), central west region of New South Wales, Australia. Loc ...
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Crookwell River The Crookwell River is a perennial river that is part of the Lachlan catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands and South West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. Sourced by runoff from the wester ...
*** 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 Sou ...
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Goobarragandra River Goobarragandra River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. In the past, it was also known as ''Tumut Little River ...
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Doubtful Creek Doubtful Creek, formerly known as Doubtful River, a watercourse that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises on the nort ...
(designated as a river) ***
Goodradigbee River Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The river rises below Mount Mo ...
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Yass River The Yass River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Southern Tablelands and South Western Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The riv ...
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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. Lo ...
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Cotter River The Cotter River, a perennial river of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The Cotter River, together with the Queanbeyan River, is one of two rivers that prov ...
and other rivers of the ACT ****
Queanbeyan River The Queanbeyan River, a perennial stream that is part of the Molonglo 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. The ...
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Jerrabomberra Creek Jerrabomberra Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Capital Country region spanning both New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ''Jerrabo ...
(designated as a river) ***
Bredbo River Bredbo River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The river rises on the western slopes of the Gr ...
**** 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, a ...
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Wakool River Wakool River, an anabranch of the Edward River that is part of the Murray River catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. The Wakool River splits from t ...
** Swampy Plain River ***
Geehi River The Geehi River, a perennial river of the Murray catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Geehi River rises below Mount Jagungal, part of Strumbo R ...
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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 ...
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Tooma River Tooma River, a perennial stream that has had some of its flow diverted as a result of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, is part of the Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is located in the Australian Alpine region of New South Wale ...
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Tumbarumba Creek Tumbarumba Creek, a watercourse of the Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the region bordering the Riverina and Australian Alps of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The creek rises below Tumbarumba ...
(designated as a river)


See also

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List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K) This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from nort ...
- Detailed listing of
New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...
rivers showing previous names and
source Source may refer to: Research * Historical document * Historical source * Source (intelligence) or sub source, typically a confidential provider of non open-source intelligence * Source (journalism), a person, publication, publishing institute o ...
locations for each river. *
List of rivers of New South Wales (L-Z) This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from nort ...
- Detailed listing of
New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...
rivers showing previous names and
source Source may refer to: Research * Historical document * Historical source * Source (intelligence) or sub source, typically a confidential provider of non open-source intelligence * Source (journalism), a person, publication, publishing institute o ...
locations for each river. *
List of rivers of Australia This is a list of rivers of Australia. Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders. Longest rivers nationally Longest river by state or territory Althoug ...
for an alphabetical listing including rivers in other
Australian states The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing p ...


References


External links


Guide to Sydney Rivers site
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