Namoi River catchment

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The Namoi River catchment is a major river basin in northern New South Wales, Australia, encompassing agricultural lands and tributaries that drain into the Namoi River before joining the Barwon–Darling river system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
containsFeature Liverpool Plains
Nandewar Range
Pilliga Forest
country Australia
drainedBy Namoi River
drainsInto Barwon River NERFINISHED
Darling River
surface form: Barwon–Darling river system

Darling River NERFINISHED
flowsThroughRegion North West Plains
North West Slopes
hasDownstreamConfluence confluence of Namoi River and Barwon River near Walgett
hasEcosystem dry sclerophyll forest
floodplain wetlands
riparian woodland
hasEnvironmentalIssue habitat degradation
salinity
water extraction for irrigation
hasMajorTown Gunnedah
Narrabri
Tamworth
Walgett
hasTributary Coxs Creek NERFINISHED
Halls Creek
Macdonald River (Namoi)
Manilla River
Mooki River NERFINISHED
Peel River
hasWaterResourceType groundwater
surface water
locatedIn New South Wales
northern New South Wales
majorCrop cotton
sorghum
wheat
majorLandUse broadacre cropping
grazing
managingAuthority Department of Planning and Environment (NSW)
surface form: NSW Department of Planning and Environment

Namoi Catchment Management Authority
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
partOfHydrologicRegion Northern Basin (Murray–Darling Basin)
sourceRegion Great Dividing Range (part)
surface form: Great Dividing Range
supportsIndustry broadacre cropping industry
cotton industry
livestock production
usedFor dryland agriculture
irrigated agriculture

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Liverpool Range drainageDivideBetween Namoi River catchment