What is the Northern Rivers area of NSW?

20,733 km²
Northern Rivers/Area

What river borders NSW and QLD?

A 450 km section of the Dumaresq, Macintyre and the Barwon rivers forms the border between Queensland and New South Wales. At Mungindi, the Barwon River heads south-west and the border between the states continues as a straight line following the 29th degree of latitude south of the equator.

Which rivers are borders?

For North America, the Rio Grande, which separates Mexico and Texas, accounts for much of that. But the Pigeon River serves as the boundary between parts of Ontario and Minnesota; the Saint Lawrence divides Ontario and New York; and the Saint John River forms part of the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine.

What are the major rivers in NSW?

List of the Longest Rivers in New South Wales

What is the area around Byron Bay called?

Byron Shire. County. Rous. State electorate(s) Ballina.

Is Yamba part of the northern rivers?

The Northern Rivers is a region on the Far North Coast of New South Wales and is known for its beaches, rivers and natural wonders. The Northern Rivers refers to seven different shires, from Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah, out to Kyogle and Casino, down to coastal fishing villages including Yamba, Iluka and Evans Head.

Which Australian borders are formed by rivers?

The Border Rivers comprise the catchments of the Dumaresq, Severn and Macintyre Rivers in far north NSW. The Dumaresq and Macintyre Rivers form the border between NSW and Queensland for about 470 kilometres.

Where is Upper Macintyre River?

The Macintyre River, a perennial river that forms part of the Border Rivers group, is part of the Barwon catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, and the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia.

What is a boundary river called?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A transboundary river is a river that crosses at least one political border, either a border within a state or an international boundary.

Which river is an international border?

Rio Grande
The Convention of May 21, 1906 provided for the distribution between the United States and Mexico of the waters of the Rio Grande above Fort Quitman, Texas for the 89-mile (143 km) international boundary reach of the Rio Grande through the El Paso-Juárez Valley.

Is the Murray River in Victoria or NSW?

The River Murray runs along the border of New South Wales and Victoria and then into South Australia. All three states rely on a certain amount of water from the river.

Is Murray River the longest river in Australia?

The calculations confirmed that Australia’s longest single river is the River Murray at 2508 kilometres. However, if the longest tributaries of the Darling River, the Culgoa, Balonne and Condamine, are taken into account its total length increases to 2740 kilometres, making it Australia’s longest waterway.

Where are the border rivers in New South Wales?

The Dumaresq and Macintyre Rivers form the border between NSW and Queensland for about 470 kilometres.

Where are the Northern Rivers located in Australia?

Region in New South Wales, Australia. Northern Rivers is the most north-easterly region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between 590 kilometres (370 mi) and 820 kilometres (510 mi) north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed rivers.

What are the boundaries of the Northern Rivers?

The Northern Rivers region is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east, the New England region to the west where the Great Dividing Range forms a mountainous boundary.

Where are the main towns of the Northern Rivers?

It extends from Tweed Heads in the north (adjacent to the Queensland border) to the southern extent of the Clarence river catchment which lies between Grafton, and Coffs Harbour, and includes the main towns of Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Ballina, Kyogle, Lismore, Casino and Grafton.