Namoi River
Namoi River | ||
Sandbar in the Namoi River. |
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location | New South Wales , Australia | |
River system | Murray River | |
Drain over | Barwon River (Darling River) → Darling River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
Source river |
Macdonald River , Bald Mountain (Liverpool Range) 30 ° 33 ′ 22 ″ S , 151 ° 1 ′ 45 ″ E |
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Source height | 708 m | |
muzzle |
Barwon River at Walgett Coordinates: 30 ° 0 ′ 12 " S , 148 ° 6 ′ 21" E 30 ° 0 ′ 12 " S , 148 ° 6 ′ 21" E |
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Mouth height | 130 m | |
Height difference | 578 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.8 ‰ | |
length | 330 km | |
Left tributaries | Halls Creek, Yarramanbully Creek, Greenhatch Creek, Peel River , Mooki River , Coxs Creek (Turrabeile Creek), Jacks Creek, Bohena Creek, Coghill Creek, Brigalow Creek, Tarragulla Creek, Beradine Creek | |
Right tributaries | Mount Lowry Creek, Manilla River , Dam Gully, Barbers Lagoon, Maules Creek, Bibbla Creek, Deriah Creek, Gundgera Creek, Duncan Warrambool, Millie Warrambool, Chambers Warrambool, Pian Creek | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Keepit | |
Medium-sized cities | Narrabri , Wee Waa | |
Small towns | Manilla , Gunnedah , Boggabri , Walgett |
The Namoi River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .
It rises on the southeast slopes of Bald Rock Mountain ( Liverpool Range ) east of Warrabah National Park . From there it first flows southwest through the small town of Manilla and Lake Keepit . East of Gunnedah it turns to the northwest, flowing through the cities of Boggabri , Narrabri and Wee Waa . There it turns its course to the west and reaches after about 330 kilometers at Walgett the Barwon River , a headwaters of the Darling River .