Macleay River

Macleay River
Muddy River^[1]
Macleay River; Muddy River
	Macleay River, viewed at Lower Creek
	Location of the river mouth in New South Wales
Etymology	Alexander Macleay
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	New England Tablelands, New South Wales North Coast
District	Northern Tablelands, Mid North Coast
Local government area	Armidale, Bellingen, Kempsey
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	Blue Nobby Mountain, near Uralla
• elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
2nd source	Gara River
Source confluence	Salisbury Waters and Bakers Creek
Mouth	Tasman Sea
• location	near South West Rocks
• coordinates	30°52′S 153°01′E / 30.867°S 153.017°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	298 km (185 mi)
Basin size	11,287 km2 (4,358 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	82.5 m3/s (2,600 GL/a)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Chandler River, Top Creek, Dyke River, Sunday Creek (New South Wales), Georges Creek, Five Day Creek, Lagoon Creek, Nulla Nulla Creek, Hickeys Creek, Mungay Creek, Christmas Creek
• right	Blue Mountain Creek, Apsley River, Kunderang Brook, Carrolls Creek, Felters Creek, Stockyard Creek, Mackenzies Creek, Warbro Brook, Parrabel Creek, Cadiangullong Creek, Dungay Creek
National parks	Cunnawarra NP, Oxley Wild Rivers NP

The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia.

^ ^a ^b "Macleay River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
^ "East Coastal Watersheds".
^ "Map of Macleay River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2013.