Avon River (Mid-Coast Council)

Avon River
Avon River
	Avon River at Stratford
	Location of mouth
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	NSW North Coast
District	Upper Hunter
Municipality	Mid-Coast Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Barrington Tops
• location	south of
• elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Gloucester River
• location	near Gloucester
• elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Length	42 km (26 mi)
Basin features
River system	Manning River catchment
Tributaries
• right	Clear Hill Creek, Cadiangullong Creek, Dog Trap Creek, Mograni Creek, Waukivory Creek

Avon River, a perennial stream of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features[]

Avon River rises in the northern foothills of the Barrington Tops, south of , and flows generally north-east, joined by five minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Gloucester River, near Gloucester, south of the confluence of the Gloucester River with the Barrington River. The river descends 412 metres (1,352 ft) over its 42 kilometres (26 mi) course.^[1]

The catchment area of the river benefits from melting snow in spring. Gloucester district, although incredibly hot in the main summer months, nevertheless has an annual rainfall averaging 1,300 millimetres (51 in). As a result, combined with the merging streams and rivers, periodic serious flooding occurs in the Avon Valley at Gloucester, sometimes cutting all transport links.^{[citation needed]}

The Gloucester River eventually flows into the Manning River, a major waterway which flows into the Tasman Sea through a minor delta east of Taree.^[2]

In 2004, assessments of water sampling done in 1997 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority, revealed poor water quality, with high levels of nutrients leading to excess algae.^[3] Along the river, downstream from Stratford, bank erosion and the invasion by exotic plant species have degraded the river.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Map of Avon River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ "Avon River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ Hose, Grant; Turak, Eren. "Mann504 - Avon River downstream of Stratford". River Health in the New South Wales Lower North Coast, Hunter and Central Coast Catchments. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 24 January 2008.

External links[]

"Manning River catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

Coordinates: 31°59′54″S 151°58′17″E / 31.99833°S 151.97139°E / -31.99833; 151.97139

[bonzle-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Map of Avon River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[gnb-2] "Avon River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[3] Hose, Grant; Turak, Eren. "Mann504 - Avon River downstream of Stratford". River Health in the New South Wales Lower North Coast, Hunter and Central Coast Catchments. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 24 January 2008.

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show v t River systems and rivers of Hunter-Central Rivers catchment, New South Wales, Australia
Manning River	Avon Back Barnard Barrington Bobin Bowman Burns Caparra Cedar Party Cells Cobark Connollys Cooplacurripa Curricabark Dawson Dilgry Dingo Gloucester Kerripit Lansdowne Manning Moppy Mummel Nowendoc Pigna Barney Rowleys Walcrow
Great Lakes	Coolongolook Crawford Karuah Mammy Johnsons Myall Telegherry The Branch Wallamba Wallingat Wang Wauk Wards
Hunter Valley and Hunter River	Allyn Baerami Barigan Blackwater Bow Bylong Cattle Creek Cedar Chichester Congewai Cooba Bulga Goulburn Growee Hunter Isis Krui Lee Merriwa Moonan Munmurra Pages Creek Pages River Paterson Rouchel Stewarts Wangat Widden Williams Wollombi Worondi
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show v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington Black Head Blueys Beach Bobin Boomerang Beach Booral Bulahdelah Bungwahl Cabbage Tree Island Carrington Cedar Party Coolongolook Coopernook Cooplacurripa Copeland Cundletown Darawank Diamond Beach Dungog Elands Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Gloucester Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne Limeburners Creek Manning Point Mitchells Island Monkerai Mount George Nabiac Nooroo North Arm Cove Number One Old Bar Pacific Palms Purfleet Seal Rocks Smiths Lake Stratford Stroud Tahlee Taree Tea Gardens Tinonee Tuncurry Wallabi Point Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wingham
Rivers and other waterways	Avon River Barnard River Barrington River Bowman River Coolongolook River Cooplacurripa River Crawford River Curricabark River Gloucester River Karuah River Mammy Johnsons River Manning River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River
National parks	Barrington Tops National Park Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

Avon River (Mid-Coast Council)

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