Myall River
{{Short description|River in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{distinguish|Myall Lakes|Myall Lakes National Park}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Myall River
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| name_other = Upper Myall River{{NSW GNR|id=ujKqvqZTuj|title=Myall River|date=22 February 1974|access-date=18 March 2013}}
| name_etymology = Aboriginal: myall, a small silver-grey wattle tree{{cite book|author=Reed, A. W.|author-link=Alexander Wyclif Reed|title=Place names of Australia|publisher=Reed Books|year=1973|page=161|edition=1984 reprint|isbn=978-0-589-07115-8}}
| image = Singing Bridge.JPG
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| image_caption = Singing Bridge across the Myall River at Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest.
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Australia
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = New South Wales
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = NSW North Coast (IBRA), Mid North Coast, Hunter
| subdivision_type4 = Local government area
| subdivision_name4 = Mid-Coast Council
| subdivision_type5 = Town
| subdivision_name5 = Bulahdelah, Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest
| length_km = 92
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| source1 = Kyle Range, Great Dividing Range
| source1_location = north northeast of Stroud
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|352|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Port Stephens
| mouth_location = at Hawks Nest
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| river_system = Mid-Coast Council
| basin_size_km2 = 819
| tributaries_left = Kyle Creek, Pipers Creek (Great Lakes, New South Wales)
| tributaries_right = Crawford River, Little Myall River, Monkey Jacket Creek
| custom_label = National park
| custom_data = Myall Lakes NP
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Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater 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}} of the Mid-Coast Council{{cite web |url=http://www.greatlakes.org.au/spaces/lakes |title=Lakes |work=Great Lakes Tourism |publisher=Mid-Coast Council |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325003100/http://www.greatlakes.org.au/spaces/lakes |archive-date=25 March 2013 }} system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Myall River rises out of the southern slopes of Kyle Range within the Great Dividing Range, north northeast of Stroud, and flows generally south southeast then southwest, joined by tributaries, before reaching its mouth within Port Stephens at Hawks Nest. Port Stephens then empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. The river descends {{convert|355|m}} over its {{convert|92|km}} course.
After flowing past the town of Bulahdelah, east of the small settlement of Nerong, the Myall River enters the most southern of the three Ramsar-protected Myall Lakes, Bombah Broadwater, within the Myall Lakes National Park. The flow of the river runs adjacent to the coastline and through both the Little Brasswater and the Brasswater near the towns of Tea Gardens, and Hawks Nest.
Two notable bridges cross the Myall River. The Bulahdelah Bridge, carries the Pacific Highway, across the river north of Bulahdelah and the Singing Bridge crosses the river between Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest..
Etymology
The word myall is an Australian Aboriginal term for a small silver-grey wattle tree.
See also
{{Portal|New South Wales}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ieo/Karuah/maplg.htm|title=Karuah River and Great Lakes catchments|format=map|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=Government of New South Wales}}
{{Rivers of the Hunter-Central Rivers catchment |state=autocollapse}}
{{Rivers of New South Wales |state=autocollapse}}
{{Mid North Coast NSW |state=autocollapse}}
{{Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council |state=autocollapse}}
{{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}
{{coord|32|14|S|152|10|E|display=title|region:AU-NSW_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}