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Rivers & Lakes · NSW

New South Wales

15,800 named waters 42 catchments 4 drainage divisions
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How New South Wales drains

42 catchments, clipped at the border — a catchment that crosses into another state carries on there. Pick one to open its full drainage tree.

Darling River catchment — 405 waters in New South Wales · 7,968 km mapped nationally Lachlan River catchment — 1,133 waters in New South Wales · 16,477 km mapped nationally Macquarie-Bogan Rivers catchment — 1,379 waters in New South Wales · 19,476 km mapped nationally Benanee-Willandra Creek catchment — 107 waters in New South Wales · 2,779 km mapped nationally Murrumbidgee River catchment — 1,330 waters in New South Wales · 15,851 km mapped nationally Bullo River-Lake Bancannia catchment — 177 waters in New South Wales · 7,854 km mapped nationally Namoi River catchment — 897 waters in New South Wales · 12,495 km mapped nationally Paroo River catchment — 154 waters in New South Wales · 5,816 km mapped nationally Condamine-Culgoa Rivers catchment — 80 waters in New South Wales · 21,104 km mapped nationally Gwydir River catchment — 533 waters in New South Wales · 8,273 km mapped nationally Billabong-Yanco Creeks catchment — 198 waters in New South Wales · 3,990 km mapped nationally Border Rivers catchment — 622 waters in New South Wales · 13,554 km mapped nationally Hawkesbury River catchment — 1,341 waters in New South Wales · 11,008 km mapped nationally Clarence River catchment — 1,243 waters in New South Wales · 11,730 km mapped nationally Hunter River catchment — 1,102 waters in New South Wales · 10,391 km mapped nationally Cooper Creek catchment — 110 waters in New South Wales · 34,161 km mapped nationally Castlereagh River catchment — 285 waters in New South Wales · 5,049 km mapped nationally Murray Riverina catchment — 255 waters in New South Wales · 6,456 km mapped nationally Macleay River catchment — 579 waters in New South Wales · 5,383 km mapped nationally Snowy River catchment — 558 waters in New South Wales · 7,590 km mapped nationally Manning River catchment — 466 waters in New South Wales · 4,358 km mapped nationally Warrego River catchment — 33 waters in New South Wales · 5,973 km mapped nationally Shoalhaven River catchment — 359 waters in New South Wales · 3,239 km mapped nationally Richmond River catchment — 271 waters in New South Wales · 3,216 km mapped nationally Upper Murray River catchment — 269 waters in New South Wales · 7,758 km mapped nationally Hastings River catchment — 215 waters in New South Wales · 2,142 km mapped nationally Karuah River catchment — 241 waters in New South Wales · 1,952 km mapped nationally Upper Mallee catchment — 39 waters in New South Wales · 2,321 km mapped nationally Lower Mallee catchment — 29 waters in New South Wales · 3,088 km mapped nationally Clyde River-Jervis Bay catchment — 222 waters in New South Wales · 1,654 km mapped nationally Bellinger River catchment — 224 waters in New South Wales · 1,841 km mapped nationally Bega River catchment — 138 waters in New South Wales · 1,293 km mapped nationally Towamba River catchment — 83 waters in New South Wales · 912 km mapped nationally Tuross River catchment — 102 waters in New South Wales · 960 km mapped nationally Sydney Coast-Georges River catchment — 160 waters in New South Wales · 926 km mapped nationally Moruya River catchment — 72 waters in New South Wales · 701 km mapped nationally Macquarie-Tuggerah Lakes catchment — 119 waters in New South Wales · 773 km mapped nationally East Gippsland catchment — 63 waters in New South Wales · 2,240 km mapped nationally Tweed River catchment — 79 waters in New South Wales · 561 km mapped nationally Wollongong Coast catchment — 96 waters in New South Wales · 478 km mapped nationally Brunswick River catchment — 37 waters in New South Wales · 266 km mapped nationally Moonie River catchment — 2 waters in New South Wales · 1,576 km mapped nationally Darling River7,968 km Lachlan River16,477 km Macquarie-Bogan Rivers19,476 km Benanee-Willandra Creek2,779 km Murrumbidgee River15,851 km Bullo River-Lake Bancannia7,854 km Namoi River12,495 km Paroo River5,816 km Condamine-Culgoa Rivers21,104 km Gwydir River8,273 km

Catchment boundaries and stream network: Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric), Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. State boundary: Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Simplified for display.

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Waters written up so far

The catchments

42 across 4 divisions

Looking beyond New South Wales? The national map shows all 218 catchments, and each catchment page lists its drainage wherever it runs.