Yarrowitch River
| Yarrowitch River | ||
 Yarrowitch River at Oxley Highway |
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| Data | ||
| location | New South Wales , Australia | |
| River system | Macleay River | |
| Drain over | Apsley River → Macleay River → Tasman Sea | |
| source | at Yarrowitch in Great Dividing Range 31 ° 19 ′ 28 ″ S , 151 ° 53 ′ 53 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1100 m | |
| muzzle |
Apsley River in the southern part of the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park Coordinates: 31 ° 2 ′ 1 ″ E , 152 ° 2 ′ 53 ″ E 31 ° 2 ′ 1 ″ S , 152 ° 2 ′ 53 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 283 m | |
| Height difference | 817 m | |
| Bottom slope | 13 ‰ | |
| length | 62.4 km | |
| Right tributaries | Warnes River | |
The Yarrowitch River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .
geography
The river has its source in the northern table country of New South Wales on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range , about eleven kilometers west of the small town of Yarrowitch on the Oxley Highway , east of Mummel Gulf National Park . It flows north under the highway through unpopulated area and plunges down Yarrowitch Falls into Oxley Wild Rivers National Park . The Yarrowitch River flows into the Apsley River around 30 kilometers northeast of Tia .
The entire course of the river is in the Local Government of Ares Walcha and Vernon County .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Warnes River - 437 m
Agriculture
The land above Yarrowitch Falls is good grazing land, especially for calves.
See also
Web links
- List of Placenames ASSIGNED as RIVERs . Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales (July 16, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive )