Apsley River (New South Wales)

Apsley River
Perennial stream
Apsley River in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
Name origin: In honour of The Lord Apsley, Secretary of State for Colonies
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	New England Tablelands
District	Northern Tablelands
Local government area	Walcha
Part of	Macleay River catchment
Tributaries
- left	Ohio Creek, Emu Creek (New South Wales), Rowleys Creek, Reedy Creek (New South Wales)
- right	Double Hut Creek, Tia River, Yarrowitch River
Town	Walcha
Source	Tia Range, Great Dividing Range
- location	west of Tia
- elevation	1,260 m (4,134 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Macleay River
- location	southwest the locality of Lower Creek
- elevation	190 m (623 ft)
Length	168 km (104 mi)
Waterfall	Apsley Falls
National park	Oxley Wild Rivers NP

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

Apsley River rises in high country of the Tia Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the locality of Tia and approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) south of Walcha. The river flows generally north through the town of Walcha and on to make a dramatic spilling over the Apsley Falls, descending approximately 27 metres (89 ft) into the Apsley Gorge, towards its confluence with the Macleay River, approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) southwest of the locality of Lower Creek. The Apsley River is joined by seven tributaries, including the Tia River and Yarrowitch River, as it makes its course, descending 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) over 168 kilometres (104 mi).

Together with the Macleay River, the Apsley River has developed deeply incised river valleys into Ordovician meta-sedimentary rocks including greywacke, slate, phyllite, schist, chert and argillites. This has produced a number of spectacular gorges and waterfalls on or near the Apsley River in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.