Mummel River | |
Watercourse | |
Country | Australia |
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State | New South Wales |
IBRA | New England Tablelands, NSW North Coast |
Districts | Northern Tablelands, Mid North Coast |
Local government area | Greater Taree |
Part of | Manning River catchment |
Tributaries | |
- right | Williams Creek (New South Wales) |
Source | below Mount Sugarloaf, Great Dividing Range |
- location | near Devils Delight, southeast of Walcha |
- elevation | 1,080 m (3,543 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Cooplacurripa River |
- location | north of Giro, northwest of Taree |
- elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
Length | 65 km (40 mi) |
National parks | Mummel Gulf, Cottan-Bimbang |
Mummel River, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia.
Mummel River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Sugarloaf, southeast of Walcha and flows generally south by west, southeast, and then south southeast, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its confluence with the Cooplacurripa River, north of Giro, northwest of Taree. The river descends 898 metres (2,946 ft) over its 65 kilometres (40 mi) course.
Coordinates: 31°38′S 151°59′E / 31.633°S 151.983°E