Camden Haven River

Camden Haven River Camden Haven River Southern Branch[1]
Camden Haven River at North Haven, 2009
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	NSW North Coast
District	Mid North Coast
Local government areas	Port Macquarie-Hastings, Mid-Coast Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Gibraltar, Gibraltar Range
• location	west of Lorne
• coordinates	31°38′55″S 152°30′4″E / 31.64861°S 152.50111°E / -31.64861; 152.50111
• elevation	698 m (2,290 ft)
Source confluence	Stewarts River with Queens Lake
• location	Watson Taylors Lake, near Laurieton
• coordinates	31°42′10″S 152°42′29″E / 31.70278°S 152.70806°E / -31.70278; 152.70806
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Camden Head
• coordinates	31°38′55″S 152°48′4″E / 31.64861°S 152.80111°E / -31.64861; 152.80111
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	72 km (45 mi)
Basin size	589 km2 (227 sq mi)
Basin features
National parks	Crowdy Bay, Dooragan
[2]

Camden Haven River, an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary,^[3] is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Camden Haven River upper catchment starts at the two south eastern creeks at Edge. The merged flow of the two rivers, together with the outflow of Queens Lake spills into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. The river descends 698 metres (2,290 ft) over its 72 kilometres (45 mi) course.^[2]

Camden Haven River is transversed by the Pacific Highway north of the village of Rossglen, between Coopernook and Kew.

See also

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of Australia

References

External links

• "Camden Haven and Hastings River catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
• Northern Rivers Geology Blog – Camden Haven River

This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 00:47