Manilla River

Manilla River
Perennial stream
The confluence of the Manilla River and the Namoi River at Manilla.
Name origin: Aboriginal: manilla, maneela, muneela meaning "winding river" or "round about".[1]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Regions	IBRA: New England Tablelands, Brigalow Belt South
District	Northern Tablelands
Municipality	Tamworth
Part of	Murray–Darling basin
Source
- location	south–west of Barraba
- elevation	845 m (2,772 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Namoi River
- location	Manilla
- elevation	349 m (1,145 ft)
Length	138 km (86 mi)
Reservoir	Split Rock Reservoir
[2]

Manilla River, a perennial stream that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.

The stream (called a river) rises south–west of Barraba on the northern slopes of the Baldwins Range and drains a portion of the hill country on the western side of the New England highlands and the southern slopes of the Nandewar Range; flowing generally north and east and to the town of Barraba. During its course, the stream is joined by five minor tributaries, and flows in a southerly direction towards its confluence with the Namoi River at the town of Manilla; dropping 496 metres (1,627 ft) over its of 138 kilometres (86 mi).^[2]

The name of the river is derived from the Australian Aboriginal words of manilla, maneela, or muneela meaning "winding river" or "round about".^[1]

About 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Manilla, Split Rock Reservoir, on the Manilla River, provides one of the main water storages for flood control and irrigation in the Namoi River basin.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of rivers of Australia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macdonald River.

• "Namoi River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 
• Trout and salmon fishing rules

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Coordinates: 30°45′S 150°43′E / 30.750°S 150.717°E / -30.750; 150.717