Kangaroo River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Kangaroo River Kangaroo Creek[1] | |
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Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Region | New England Tablelands (IBRA), Northern Tablelands |
local government area | Clarence Valley |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Great Dividing Range |
• location | near Moleton, southwest of Glenreagh |
• elevation | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with Orara River |
• location | southeast of Coutts Crossing |
• elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Length | 51 km (32 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Clarence River catchment |
Tributaries | |
• right | Towallum River |
National park | Nymboida National Park |
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Kangaroo River rises on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Moleton, southwest of Glenreagh, and flows generally north by west and then north by east, joined by the Towallum River before forming its confluence with the Orara River, southeast of Coutts Crossing. The river descends 334 metres (1,096 ft) over its 51 kilometres (32 mi) course;[2] and flows through the Nymboida National Park in its upper reaches.
River systems and rivers of the Northern Rivers catchments, New South Wales, Australia | |
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Tweed Shire and Tweed River | |
Byron Shire and Brunswick River | |
Richmond Valley and Richmond River | |
Clarence Valley and Clarence River |
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Coffs Harbour, Bellingen Shire, and Bellinger River | |
Nambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire, and Nambucca-Macleay rivers | |
Port Macquarie-Hastings and Hastings River | |
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Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia | |
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