Kangaroo River (Clarence Valley)

Kangaroo River Kangaroo Creek^[1]
Location
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
^[2]

Kangaroo River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

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.

References

^ "Kangaroo River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Kangaroo River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

v t e River systems and rivers of the Northern Rivers catchments, New South Wales, Australia
Tweed Shire and Tweed River	Byrrill Oxley Rous Tweed
Byron Shire and Brunswick River	Brunswick
Richmond Valley and Richmond River	Back Coopers Eden Evans Leycester Richmond Sandy Shannon Wilsons
Clarence Valley and Clarence River	Aberfoyle Barcoongere Beaury Bielsdown Blicks Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Boyd Cataract Chandlers Clarence Clouds Coldstream Corindi Esk Glen Fernaigh Guy Fawkes Henry Kangaroo Little Murray Little Nymboida Mann Maryland Nowlands Nymboida Oban Orara Sandon Sara Timbarra Tooloom Towallum Urumbilum Wooli Wooli Yarrow
Coffs Harbour, Bellingen Shire, and Bellinger River	Bellinger Kalang Never Never Rosewood
Nambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire, and Nambucca-Macleay rivers	Apsley Blue Mountain Chandler Christmas Commissioners Waters Dyke Gara Georges Kunderang Macleay Nambucca Oaky Styx Taylors Arm Tia Warnes Wollomombi Yarrowitch
Port Macquarie-Hastings and Hastings River	Camden Haven Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Hastings Maria Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Stewarts Thone Tobins Wilson
Category

River systems and rivers of New South Wales, Australia

Rivers flowing towards the Coral and Tasman seas of the South Pacific Ocean

Rivers of the Northern Rivers catchment	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barcoongere Bellinger Beaury Bielsdown Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Boyd Brunswick Byrrill Camden Haven Cataract Chandler Chandlers Christmas Clarence Clouds Coldstream Commissioners Waters Coopers Corindi Doyles Dyke Eden Ellenborough Esk Evans Forbes Gara Georges Glen Fernaigh Guy Fawkes Hastings Henry Kalang Kangaroo Kunderang Leycester Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Mann Maria Maryland Nambucca Never Never Nowlands Nymboida Oaky Oban Orara Oxley Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Richmond Rosewood Rous Sandon Sandy Sara Shannon Stewarts Styx Taylors Arm Thone Tia Timbarra Tobins Tooloom Towallum Tweed Urumbilum Warnes Wilson Wilsons Wollomombi Wooli Wooli Yarrow Yarrowitch
Rivers of the Hunter-Central Rivers catchment	Allyn Avon Back Baerami Barigan Barnard Barrington Blackwater Bobin Bow Bowman Burns Bylong Caparra Cattle Creek Cedar Cedar Party Cells Chichester Cobark Congewai Connollys Cooba Bulga Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Curricabark Dawson Dilgry Dingo Gloucester Goulburn Growee Hunter Isis Karuah Kerripit Krui Lansdowne Mammy Johnsons Manning Merriwa Moonan Moppy Mummel Munmurra Myall Nowendoc Pages Creek Pages River Paterson Pigna Barney Rouchel Rowleys Stewarts Telegherry The Branch Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wangat Wang Wauk Wards Widden Williams Wollombi Worondi
Rivers of the Sydney Basin	Avoca Lake Avon Bargo Bedford Budgewoi Lake Burke Capertee Cataract Colo Cooks Coorongooba Cordeaux Coxs Duck Du Faur Erskine Georges Grose Hacking Hawkesbury Hollanders Jenolan Jooriland Kanangra Kedumba Kowmung Lake Macquarie Lake Munmorah Lane Cove Little (Oberon) Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Macdonald Mangrove Mogo Mooney Mooney Mulwaree Nattai Nepean Ourimbah Paddys Parramatta Pittwater River Lett Rush Tarlo Terrigal Lagoon Tonalli Tuggerah Lake Tuglow Wamberal Lagoon Warragamba Webbs Wingecarribee Wolgan Wollangambe Wollemi Wollondilly Woronora Wyong
Rivers of the Southern Rivers catchment	Araluen Back Bega Bemboka Bendoc Bermagui Berrima Bettowynd Bimberamala Bombala Brogo Buckenbowra Burrungubugge Clyde Coolumbooka Corang Delegate Deua Endrick Eucumbene Genoa Goobarragandra Gungarlin Imlay Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Jerrabattgulla Kangaroo Lake Illawarra Little Plains Little Thredbo Maclaughlin Merimbula Lake Merrica Minnamurra Mongarlowe Moruya Mowamba Murrah Nadgee Nullica Nunnock Pambula Pinch Port Kembla Queensborough Queens Pound Shoalhaven Snowy St Georges Basin Thredbo Tomaga Towamba Tuross Twofold Bay Undowah Wadbilliga Wallagaraugh White Rock Wog Wog Wonboyn Yadboro Yowaka Yowrie

Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin

Murray catchment

Darling
catchment

Barwon / Macintyre / Macquarie
sub-catchments

Murrumbidgee
catchment

Lachlan sub-catchment	Abercrombie Belubula Bolong Boorowa Cadiangullong Crookwell Goobang Gunningbland Isabella Jerrara Jerrawa Mirrool Peelwood Phils Pudman Retreat

Category

v t e Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia
Federal divisions	Cowper Page Richmond
State electorates	Ballina Clarence Lismore Tweed
Local government areas	Ballina Byron Clarence Valley Kyogle Lismore Richmond Valley Tweed
Major cities/towns	Ballina Byron Bay Casino Grafton Lismore Tweed Heads
Minor towns	Alstonville Bangalow Billinudgel Bogangar Brunswick Heads Evans Head Federal Iluka Kyogle Lennox Head Maclean Mullumbimby Murwillumbah Nashua New Brighton Nimbin Nymboida Ocean Shores Pottsville Suffolk Park Wollongbar Wooyung Yamba
Rivers	Back Barcoongere Beaury Bielsdown Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Byrrill Brunswick Clarence Coldstream Coopers Corindi Esk Evans Glen Fernaigh Leycester Little Nymboida Mann Nymboida Orara Oxley Richmond Rous Sandon Sandy Shannon Brook Tweed Wilsons Wooli Wooli
Ranges and mountains	Lamington Plateau McPherson Tweed Tweed Volcano Mount Warning
National parks	Border Ranges Chaelundi Nightcap Nymboida Nymboi-Binderay Richmond Range Tooloom Yabbra
Nature reserves	Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Booyong Broken Head Brunswick Heads Davis Scrub Limpinwood Numinbah Victoria Park

28°39′S 152°16′E / 28.650°S 152.267°E / -28.650; 152.267

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