Kangaroo River | |
Name Other: | Kangaroo Creek |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | New England Tablelands (IBRA), Northern Tablelands |
Subdivision Type5: | local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Clarence Valley |
Length: | 51km (32miles) |
Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | near Moleton, southwest of Glenreagh |
Source1 Elevation: | 368m (1,207feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with Orara River |
Mouth Location: | southeast of Coutts Crossing |
Mouth Elevation: | 34m (112feet) |
River System: | Clarence River catchment |
Tributaries Right: | Towallum River |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Nymboida National Park |
Extra: | [1] |
Kangaroo River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Kangaroo River rises on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Moleton, southwest of Glenreagh, and flows generally north by west and then north by east, joined by the Towallum River before forming its confluence with the Orara River, southeast of Coutts Crossing. The river descends over its course;[1] and flows through the Nymboida National Park in its upper reaches.