| Styx River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| IBRA | New England Tablelands |
| District | Northern Tablelands |
| local government area | Armidale |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Snowy Range, Great Dividing Range |
| • location | below Point Lookout, near Ebor |
| • elevation | 1,400 m (4,600 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with the Chandler River |
• location | near Jeogla |
• elevation | 277 m (909 ft) |
| Length | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Macleay River catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Serpentine Creek, Jeogla Creek |
| National park | New England NP, Oxley Wild Rivers NP |
| [1] | |
Styx River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Styx River rises below Point Lookout in the Snowy Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range which forms part of the eastern escarpment of the Northern Tablelands, south southeast of Ebor, and flows generally southwest, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Chandler River, south southwest of Jeogla. The river descends 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) over its 60 kilometres (37 mi) course; [1] rapidly descending into a deep gorge where it meets the Chandler River. [2]
The Styx goes through part of the Jenolan Caves complex at one point. [3] [4] [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Map of Styx River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Carrai (Map). Division of National Mapping. 1972.
- ^ "River Styx in the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, 1 December 1933 [picture]". Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Learn all About Caves at Jenolan". jenolancaves.org.au. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "A Day at the Caves". Mountain Whispers. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
External links
- "Macleay River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
River systems and rivers of the
Northern Rivers catchments,
New South Wales, Australia | |
|---|---|
| Tweed Shire and Tweed River | |
| Byron Shire and Brunswick River | |
| Richmond Valley and Richmond River | |
| Clarence Valley and Clarence River |
|
| Coffs Harbour, Bellingen Shire, and Bellinger River | |
| Nambucca Shire, Kempsey Shire, and Nambucca- Macleay rivers | |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings and Hastings River | |
30°36′S 152°08′E / 30.600°S 152.133°E