Bogan River
| Bogan | |
| New Years Creek | |
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 The Bogan River at Nyngan
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Name origin: 1. Aboriginal: the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe; 2. Gaelic: bog |
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| Country | Australia |
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| State | New South Wales |
| Regions | Central West, Orana |
| Part of | Macquarie–Barwon sub-catchment, Darling River catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Genaren Creek, Sandy Creek, Bulbodney Creek |
| - right | Cookopie Creek, Burrill Creek, Gundong Creek, Tomingley Creek, Mulla Mulla Cowal, Moonagee Cowal, Gunningbar Creek, Nyangi Bogan Cowal, Bywash Billabong, Kellys Cowal |
| Source | Little River (Parkes) |
| - location | Cooks Myalls, near Parkes |
| - elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| - coordinates | 33°00′30″S 148°02′00″E / 33.00833°S 148.03333°E |
| Mouth | Darling River |
| - location | Dry Bogan Weir, near Bourke |
| - elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
| - coordinates | 29°58′30″S 146°20′56″E / 29.97500°S 146.34889°ECoordinates: 29°58′30″S 146°20′56″E / 29.97500°S 146.34889°E |
| Length | 617 km (383 mi) |
| Basin | 18,000 km2 (6,950 sq mi) |
 Location of the Bogan River mouth in New South Wales
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| Basin area is upstream of Nyngan only | |
Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie–Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.
From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan River flows for about 617 kilometres (383 mi) in length and flows into the Little Bogan River to form the Darling River, near Bourke.
The name Bogan is an Australian Aboriginal term meaning 'the birthplace of a notable headman of the local tribe'; and is also a Gaelic term meaning bog.
From the foothills of the Herveys Range, the Bogan River rises to the west of the headwaters of the Little River at Cooks Myalls, near Goonumbla, 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Parkes. The river flows in a generally north-north-westerly direction past Tottenham, Peak Hill and through Nyngan. East of Bourke, the Bogan River joins with the Little Bogan River to form the Darling River. The Bogan River has over twenty tributaries. The main tributaries to the west are Bullock, Bulbodney, Pangee and Whitbarrow Creeks. The eastern catchment between the Bogan and Macquarie Rivers is ill-defined and has only one major tributary, Mulla Cowal. Other sources have claimed that Bugwah Cowal, and Burrill, Duck and Gunningbar Creeks are important tributaries.
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