Little Murray River (New South Wales), an anabranch of 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 ...

and part of the

Murray–Darling basin The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of ...

, is located in the western

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region of south western

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, Australia. The river rises northwest of Barham in New South Wales and flows generally northwest before reaching its confluence with the Murray River near Gonn Crossing in

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. Little Murray River and the Murray River enclose Campbells Island, that forms part of the Campbells Island State Forest.

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Rivers of New South Wales Murray-Darling basin {{NewSouthWales-river-stub

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