Macquarie River (New South Wales)

E157877
inland river river

The Macquarie River is a major inland river of central-western New South Wales, Australia, flowing through agricultural regions and wetlands before joining the Barwon-Darling river system.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Macquarie River 9
Macquarie River (New South Wales) canonical 1
Macquarie River (namesake) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inland river ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinSize approximately 74,000 square kilometres ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
crosses Central Tablelands ⓘ
Orana region ⓘ
damPurpose flood mitigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans George Evans ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance supports significant waterbird populations in Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
economicSignificance supports broadacre agriculture ⓘ
supports cotton production ⓘ
supports grazing industries ⓘ
flowsInto Barwon River ⓘ
flowsIntoSystem Barwon River ⓘ
surface form: Barwon–Darling river system
flowsThrough Bathurst ⓘ
Dubbo ⓘ
Narromine ⓘ
Warren ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
hasDam Burrendong Dam ⓘ
hasFloodHistory subject to periodic flooding ⓘ
hasTributary Bell River ⓘ
Bogan River ⓘ
Coolbaggie Creek ⓘ
Cudgegong River ⓘ
Little River (Macquarie) ⓘ
Talbragar River ⓘ
hasWetland Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
surface form: Lower Macquarie wetlands

Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
length approximately 960 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInRegion central-western New South Wales ⓘ
managedBy Department of Planning and Environment (NSW) ⓘ
surface form: New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment – Water
mouthLocation near Brewarrina ⓘ
mouthOf Barwon River ⓘ
namedAfter Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ
nameEtymology named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ
partOf Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
surface form: Murray–Darling basin
sourceLocation Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ
surface form: Great Dividing Range

near Oberon ⓘ
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
stock watering ⓘ
town water supply ⓘ
wetlandsRamsarStatus Macquarie Marshes ⓘ
surface form: Macquarie Marshes Ramsar site
yearOfEuropeanDiscovery 1813 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray–Darling Basin → containsRiver → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
Wiradjuri people → associatedRiver → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Darling River → tributary → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Inland New South Wales → traversedBy → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Wellington → locatedOnRiver → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wellington, New South Wales
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Wellington → aboriginalName → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wellington, New South Wales
this entity surface form: Wambuul (for the Macquarie River area)
Mitchell Highway → crosses → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Mount Werong → drainageBasin → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River catchment
Bathurst → locatedOn → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Dubbo → isLocatedOn → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Dubbo → river → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Dubbo → watercourse → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River
Oxley Highway → follows → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River valley
Lachlan Macquarie → legacy → Macquarie River (New South Wales) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Macquarie River (namesake)