Barnard River, a

perennial river A perennial stream is a stream that has continuous flow of surface water throughout the year in at least parts of its catchment during seasons of normal rainfall, Water Supply Paper 494. as opposed to one whose flow is intermittent. In the abs ...

of the

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 ...

catchment, is located in the

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and

Mid North Coast The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens north of Sydney, and extending as far north as Woolgoolg ...

districts of

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, Australia.

Course and features

Barnard River rises on the eastern slopes of the

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, near

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, east of Nundle, and flows generally east southeast, joined by seven

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including the

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and Curricabark rivers, before reaching its

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with the Manning River, near Bretti. The river descends over its course. The river was first explored in 1825 by European explorer

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, and named by Thomas Mitchell in honour of Lt. Col. Andrew Barnard.

River diversion

The

Barnard River Scheme The Barnard River Scheme is an inter-basin water transfer system in New South Wales, which can transfer water from the Barnard River in the upper Manning River catchment over the Mount Royal Range into the Hunter River. The scheme was constructed ...

, an inter-basin water transfer system, enables the transfer of up to of water per annum from the Barnard River and the upper catchment of the Manning River into the

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 ...

. The diversion involves the transfer of water from Orham Dam, impounded at Barnard Weir, and pumped over the

Mount Royal Range The Mount Royal Range is a mountain range in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The Mount Royal Range is a spur on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. It diverges from the Liverpool Range at a po ...

and gravity fed into the Glenbawn Dam. The diverted water then feeds into the Hunter River above its confluence with the

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. ...

. Water is accessed from the Barnard River to meet any shortfall from the Hunter River system in order to feed Plashett Dam and Lake Liddell, that are needed for the cooling of the

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and Liddell

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s. The scheme operates under a water licence issued by the

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to Macquarie Generation.

References

External links

* {{coord, 31, 39, S, 151, 44, E, display=title, region:AU-NSW_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki Rivers of New South Wales Northern Tablelands Mid North Coast Rivers of the Hunter Region

Course and features

River diversion

See also

References

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