Timbarra River, a mostly
perennial stream
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of the
Clarence River catchment, is located in the
Northern Tablelands
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district of
New South Wales
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Australia
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Course and features
Timbarra River rises on the slopes of
Gibraltar Range
The Gibraltar Range is a mountain range in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The range extends off the Great Dividing Range at Bald Nob about east northeast of and trends generally east northeast and north northea ...
, east of
Bald Nob, and flows generally north northeast, joined by four minor
tributaries
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before reaching its
confluence
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with the Clarence River, south southwest of
Tabulam
Tabulam is a rural village in the far north-east of New South Wales, Australia, 800 kilometres from the state capital, Sydney. Tabulam is located on the Bruxner Highway (Highway 44) between Tenterfield and Casino and on the Clarence River. Acco ...
. The river descends over its
course;
[ and flows through the ]Gibraltar Range National Park
Gibraltar Range is a national park in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, north-east of Glen Innes and north of Sydney. The Park is part of the Washpool and Gibraltar Range area of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Au ...
in its upper reaches. Between Tenterfield
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and Grafton, the course of Timbarra River flows adjacent to the Bruxner Highway
Bruxner Highway, and its former alignment as Bruxner Way, are a state highway and rural road respectively, located in New South Wales, Australia. The route forms an east–west link from the Northern Rivers coast, across the Northern Tablelands ...
.
See also
* Rivers of New South Wales
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The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from nor ...
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Tablelands
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