Clouds Creek

Clouds Creek
Perennial stream[1]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions New England Tablelands (IBRA), Northern Tablelands
Local government area Clarence Valley
Part of Clarence River catchment
Source Great Dividing Range
 - location near Sheas Nob, Ellis State Forest
 - elevation 749 m (2,457 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Nymboida River
 - location Benabar, south of Nymboida
 - elevation 193 m (633 ft)
Length 40 km (25 mi)
Waterfall Clouds Creek Falls
[1][2][3]

The Clouds Creek, a perennial stream[1] that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Clouds Creek rises in the Ellis State Forest, about 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) west southwest of Sheas Nob, within the Great Dividing Range, south southwest of Grafton. The river flows generally to the east then north before reaching its confluence with the Nymboida River at Benabar, a locality on the Armidale Road, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Nymboida.[1] The river descends 56 metres (184 ft) over its 42 kilometres (26 mi) course,[3] including descending over Clouds Creek Falls about 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) northwest of Kurrajong Spur.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Clouds Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Clouds Creek Falls". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Map of Clouds Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2013.


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