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The Darling River (Paakantyi: Baaka or Barka) is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring 1,472 kilometres (915 mi) from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth.
The Murray–Darling Basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of the Murray and Australia's third-longest river.
This is a table of river distances of various locations along the Murray, Darling and Namoi Rivers upstream from Hay, New South Wales. Note that river distances are by their nature imprecise, will always be greater than straight line distances, and frequently greater than road distances.
River name System Length Source km miles 1 Murray River: Murray-Darling: 2,375 1,476 [1] 2 Murrumbidgee River: Murray-Darling: 1,485 923 3 Darling River: Murray-Darling: 1,472 915 4 Lachlan River: Murray-Darling: 1,448 900 5 Warrego River: Murray-Darling: 1,380 857 6 Cooper Creek: Lake Eyre: 1,300 808 7 Paroo River: Murray-Darling: 1,210 752
Barwon River, a perennial river that is part of the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the north-west slopes and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.. The name "barwon" is derived from the Australian Aboriginal words of barwum or bawon, meaning great, wide, awful river of muddy water; and also baawan, a Ngiyambaa name for both the Barwon and Darling rivers. [1]
Avoca is located on the west bank of the Darling River. Along the main road and the entrance drive are irrigated paddocks and banks that now extend over ca. 300 hectares. The station group is laid out along the river bank with the homestead at the south and outbuildings extending to the north. The buildings are generally oriented towards the river.
The Darling River is the third longest river in Australia, flowing 1,390 km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. The main article for this category is Darling River .
Destroyed by explosion at Kinchega station near Menindee on River Darling. John Davis, Edward Sparks (engineer), J. Roach (fireman), Thomas Gunn (Chinese cook) and Seymour killed when boiler exploded. [197] George Grundy, the bargemaster, was the only survivor. The boiler is still lying on the riverbank at -32.469, 142.385 Pyap