Bellinger River

LocationCountryAustraliaStateNew South WalesIBRANSW North CoastDistrictMid North CoastLocal government areaBellingenPhysical characteristicsSourceGreat Dividing Range • locationbelow Point Lookout, near Ebor • elevation1,150 m (3,770 ft) MouthTasman Sea, South Pacific Oceaneast of Urunga0 m (0 ft)Length109 km (68 mi)Basin size1,100 km² (420 sq mi)Basin featuresTributaries  • leftHydes Creek, Woods Creek (New South Wales), Never Never River • rightBoggy CreekNational parksNew England NP, Bellinger River NP^[2]

Bellinger River, an open and trained mature wave dominated, barrier estuary,^[3] is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Bellinger River rises below Point Lookout within the Great Dividing Range, southeast of Ebor, and flows in a meandering course generally east, joined by four tributaries including Never Never River, before reaching its mouth at the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, east of Urunga. The river descends 1,150 metres (3,770 ft) over its 69 kilometres (43 mi) course.^[2]

Parts of the Bellinger River are contained within the Bellinger River National Park and the New England National Park. Other land uses in the valley include livestock grazing and forestry.

Waterfall Way is located adjacent to the middle reaches of the Bellinger River; and towards its mouth, the river is transversed by the Pacific Highway, near Raleigh.

A rare Australian turtle, the Bellinger River snapping turtle (Myuchelys georgesi), has a restricted distribution in the upper Bellinger River above Thora.^[4]

History

Clement Hodgkinson was the first European to explore the area in March 1841.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of Australia

References

External links

Tweed Shire and Tweed RiverByron Shire and Brunswick RiverRichmond Valley and Richmond RiverClarence Valley and Clarence RiverCoffs Harbour, Bellingen Shire, and Bellinger RiverNambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire, and Nambucca-Macleay riversPort Macquarie-Hastings and Hastings River