Hastings River

Hastings River
Mooraback Creek^[1]
Hastings River; Mooraback Creek
	North Coast railway bridge over the Hastings River at Wauchope
Etymology	In honour of 1st Marquess of Hastings
Native name	Doongang (Birrpayi)
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	New England Tablelands, NSW North Coast
District	Northern Tablelands, Mid North Coast
local government area	Port Macquarie-Hastings
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	southwest of Kemps Pinnacle, within Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
• coordinates	31°25′54″S 152°22′4″E / 31.43167°S 152.36778°E
• elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Port Macquarie
• coordinates	31°25′48″S 152°55′12″E / 31.43000°S 152.92000°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	180 km (110 mi)
Basin size	3,658 km2 (1,412 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	46.6 m3/s (1,470 GL/a)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Forbes River, Pappinbarra River, Mortons Creek, Maria River
• right	Fenwicks Creek, Tobins River, Ralfes Creek, Ellenborough River Thone River
National Parks	Oxley Wild Rivers, Werrikimbe, Cottan-Bimbang

Hastings River (Birpai: Doongang^[1]), an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary,^[4] is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hastings River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
^ "East Coastal Watersheds".
^ "Map of Hastings River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
^ Roy, P. S.; Williams, R. J.; Jones, A. R.; Yassini, I.; et al. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53: 351–384. doi:10.1006/ecss.2001.0796.

Hastings River Mooraback Creek^[1]
North Coast railway bridge over the Hastings River at Wauchope
Etymology	In honour of 1st Marquess of Hastings^[1]
Native name	Doongang (Birrpayi)^[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	New England Tablelands, NSW North Coast
District	Northern Tablelands, Mid North Coast
local government area	Port Macquarie-Hastings
Physical characteristics

Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	southwest of Kemps Pinnacle, within Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
• coordinates	31°25′54″S 152°22′4″E / 31.43167°S 152.36778°E / -31.43167; 152.36778
• elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)

Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Port Macquarie
• coordinates	31°25′48″S 152°55′12″E / 31.43000°S 152.92000°E / -31.43000; 152.92000
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	180 km (110 mi)
Basin size	3,658 km² (1,412 sq mi)

Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	46.6 m³/s (1,470 GL/a)^[2]

Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Forbes River, Pappinbarra River, Mortons Creek, Maria River
• right	Fenwicks Creek, Tobins River, Ralfes Creek, Ellenborough River Thone River
National Parks	Oxley Wild Rivers, Werrikimbe, Cottan-Bimbang
^[3]