Hunter River (New South Wales)
The Hunter River (Wonnarua: Coquun) is a major river in New South Wales, Australia. The Hunter River rises in the Liverpool Range and flows generally south and then east, reaching the Tasman Sea at Newcastle, the second largest city in New South Wales and a major harbour port. Its lower reaches form an open and trained mature wave dominated barrier estuary.
| Hunter River Coquon P.T.O., First Hunter Creek, Coal River | |
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Ship entering the mouth of the Hunter River at Newcastle | |
| Etymology | In honour of John Hunter |
| Native name | Coquun (Awabakal) |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | NSW North Coast (IBRA), Sydney Basin (IBRA), Hunter |
| Local government areas | Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook, Singleton, Maitland, Dungog, Port Stephens, Newcastle |
| Major settlements and towns | Aberdeen, Muswellbrook, Denman, Jerrys Plains, Singleton, Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Terrace, Newcastle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Royal Range, Liverpool Range |
| • location | within Barrington Tops National Park, Upper Hunter |
| • coordinates | 31°53′36.5″S 151°27′04.4″E |
| • elevation | 1,420 m (4,660 ft) |
| Mouth | Tasman Sea |
• location | between Nobbys Head and Stockton |
• coordinates | 32.92°S 151.79°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 300 km (190 mi) |
| Basin size | 21,367 km2 (8,250 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 52.4 m3/s (1,650 GL/a) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Moonan Brook, Stewarts Brook, Paterson River, Williams River |
| • right | Pages Creek, Pages River, Goulburn River, Wollombi Brook |
| Bridges | Ellerston, Aberdeen, Muswellbrook, Denman, Golden Highway, Singleton (x3), Elderslie, Melville Ford, Bolwarra Heights (rail), Maitland, Lorn, Morpeth, Millers Forest/Nelsons Plains, Hexham, Ash Island, Kooragang (rail), Tourle Street, Stockton |
| National park | Barrington Tops |
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