Ellenborough River

Coordinates: 31°26′S 152°28′E / 31.433°S 152.467°E

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Ellenborough River
Ellenborough River downstream of Ellenborough Falls.

Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast
Local government areas	Port Macquarie-Hastings
Physical characteristics

Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	southwest of Blue Knob
• elevation	772 m (2,533 ft)

Mouth	confluence with the Hastings River
• location	near Ellenborough
• elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Length	70 km (43 mi)
Basin features
River system	Hastings River catchment
National parks	Tapin Tops, Biriwal Bulga
^[1]

Ellenborough River, a perennial river of the Hastings River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Ellenborough River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, southwest of Blue Knob, and flows generally northeast before reaching its confluence with the Hastings River, near Ellenborough. The river descends 717 metres (2,352 ft) over its 70 kilometres (43 mi) course.^[1]

The river descends over Ellenborough Falls, a sheer drop of circa 160 metres (520 ft), located on the middle reaches of the river, south of Biriwal Bulga National Park.

References

^ ^a ^b "Map of Ellenborough River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

External links

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

v t e River systems and rivers of the Northern Rivers catchments, New South Wales, Australia
Tweed Shire and Tweed River	Byrrill Oxley Rous Tweed
Byron Shire and Brunswick River	Brunswick
Richmond Valley and Richmond River	Back Coopers Eden Evans Leycester Richmond Sandy Shannon Wilsons
Clarence Valley and Clarence River	Aberfoyle Barcoongere Beaury Bielsdown Blicks Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Boyd Cataract Chandlers Clarence Clouds Coldstream Corindi Esk Glen Fernaigh Guy Fawkes Henry Kangaroo Little Murray Little Nymboida Mann Maryland Nowlands Nymboida Oban Orara Sandon Sara Timbarra Tooloom Towallum Urumbilum Wooli Wooli Yarrow
Coffs Harbour, Bellingen Shire, and Bellinger River	Bellinger Kalang Never Never Rosewood
Nambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire, and Nambucca-Macleay rivers	Apsley Blue Mountain Chandler Christmas Commissioners Waters Dyke Gara Georges Kunderang Macleay Nambucca Oaky Styx Taylors Arm Tia Warnes Wollomombi Yarrowitch
Port Macquarie-Hastings and Hastings River	Camden Haven Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Hastings Maria Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Stewarts Thone Tobins Wilson
Category

River systems and rivers of New South Wales, Australia

Rivers flowing towards the Coral and Tasman seas of the South Pacific Ocean

Rivers of the Northern Rivers catchment	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barcoongere Bellinger Beaury Bielsdown Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Boyd Brunswick Byrrill Camden Haven Cataract Chandler Chandlers Christmas Clarence Clouds Coldstream Commissioners Waters Coopers Corindi Doyles Dyke Eden Ellenborough Esk Evans Forbes Gara Georges Glen Fernaigh Guy Fawkes Hastings Henry Kalang Kangaroo Kunderang Leycester Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Mann Maria Maryland Nambucca Never Never Nowlands Nymboida Oaky Oban Orara Oxley Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Richmond Rosewood Rous Sandon Sandy Sara Shannon Stewarts Styx Taylors Arm Thone Tia Timbarra Tobins Tooloom Towallum Tweed Urumbilum Warnes Wilson Wilsons Wollomombi Wooli Wooli Yarrow Yarrowitch
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Category

v t e Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia
Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne
State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie
Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree
Cities	Coffs Harbour Port Macquarie
Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Forster Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Korora Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Tuncurry Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope
Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson
Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers
National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Limeburners Creek NP Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP
Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Zoo North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willi Willi Caves

31°26′S 152°28′E / 31.433°S 152.467°E / -31.433; 152.467

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