Camden Haven River
{{Short description|River in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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| name_other = Camden Haven River Southern Branch{{NSW GNR|id=JPjLXtsEan |title=Camden Haven River|date=14 February 1969|access-date=3 March 2013}}
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| image = North Haven foreshore.jpg
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| image_caption = Camden Haven River at North Haven, 2009
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = New South Wales
| subdivision_type3 = IBRA
| subdivision_name3 = NSW North Coast
| subdivision_type4 = District
| subdivision_name4 = Mid North Coast
| subdivision_type5 = Local government areas
| subdivision_name5 = Port Macquarie-Hastings, Mid-Coast Council
| length_km = 72
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| source1 = Mount Gibraltar, Gibraltar Range
| source1_location = west of Lorne
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|31|38|55|S|152|30|4|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|698|m|abbr=on}}
| source_confluence = Stewarts River with Queens Lake
| source_confluence_location = Watson Taylors Lake, near Laurieton
| source_confluence_coordinates= {{coord|31|42|10|S|152|42|29|E|display=inline}}
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| mouth = Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
| mouth_location = Camden Head
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| basin_size_km2 = 589
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| custom_label = National parks
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Camden Haven River, an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary,{{cite journal |author1=Roy, P. S |author2=Williams, R. J |author3=Jones, A. R |author4=Yassini, I |year=2001 |title=Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries |journal=Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science |volume=53 |pages=351–384 |doi=10.1006/ecss.2001.0796|display-authors=etal}} 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 {{convert|698|m}} over its {{convert|72|km}} course.
Camden Haven River is transversed by the Pacific Highway north of the village of Rossglen, between Coopernook and Kew.
See also
{{portal|New South Wales}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/Hastings/maplg.htm|title=Camden Haven and Hastings River catchments|format=map|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=Government of New South Wales}}
- [http://nrgeology.blogspot.com.au/search/label/camden%20haven%20river Northern Rivers Geology Blog – Camden Haven River]
{{Rivers of the Northern Rivers catchment |state=autocollapse}}
{{Rivers of New South Wales |state=autocollapse}}
{{Mid North Coast NSW |state=autocollapse}}