The Ralfes Creek, a perennial stream[1] that is part of the Hastings River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Ralfes Creek Sheepstation Creek, Ralfes Rivulet[1] | |
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Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Region | NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast |
Local government area | Port Macquarie-Hastings |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Great Dividing Range |
• location | Doyles River State Forest |
• elevation | 869 m (2,851 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Hastings River |
• location | near Ellenborough |
• elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
Length | 28 km (17 mi) |
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River system | Hastings River catchment |
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Ralfes Creek rises within the Great Dividing Range, about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) northeast of the Oxley Trigonometrical Station, within the Doyles River State Forest. The river flows generally southeast, northeast, southeast, and then north northeast before reaching its confluence with the Hastings River[1] west of the locality of Ellenborough. The river descends 754 metres (2,474 ft) over its 28 kilometres (17 mi) course.[2]
The Oxley Highway transverses the river near its confluence with the Hastings River.[2]
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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Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia | |
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