Styx River (New South Wales)

For other uses, see Styx River.
Styx River
Perennial stream[1]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
IBRA New England Tablelands
District Northern Tablelands
local government area Armidale Dumaresq
Part of Macleay River catchment
Tributaries
 - right Serpentine Creek, Jeogla Creek
Source Snowy Range, Great Dividing Range
 - location below Point Lookout, near Ebor
 - elevation 1,400 m (4,593 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Chandler River
 - location near Jeogla
 - elevation 277 m (909 ft)
Length 60 km (37 mi)
National park New England NP, Oxley Wild Rivers NP
[2]

Styx River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Styx River rises below Point Lookout in the Snowy Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range which forms part of the eastern escarpment of the Northern Tablelands, south southeast of Ebor, and flows generally southwest, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Chandler River, south southwest of Jeogla. The river descends 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) over its 60 kilometres (37 mi) course;[2] rapidly descending into a deep gorge where it meets the Chandler River.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Styx River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Styx River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. Carrai (Map). Division of National Mapping. 1972.

Coordinates: 30°36′S 152°08′E / 30.600°S 152.133°E / -30.600; 152.133


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