Back نهر هونتير ARZ Хънтър (река) Bulgarian Hunter River (suba sa Ostralya, State of New South Wales) CEB Hunter (řeka) Czech Хантер (юханшыв) CV Hunter River (Tasmansee) German Rivero Hunter (Novsudkimrio) Esperanto Hunter (fleuve) French Հանթեր գետ Armenian Hunter (rivier) Dutch
| Hunter River Coquon P.T.O., First Hunter Creek, Coal River[1] | |
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| Etymology | In honour of John Hunter[1] |
| Native name | Coquun (Awabakal) |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | NSW North Coast (IBRA), Sydney Basin (IBRA), Hunter |
| Local government areas | Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook, Singleton, Maitland, Dungog, Port Stephens, Newcastle |
| Major settlements and towns | Aberdeen, Muswellbrook, Denman, Jerrys Plains, Singleton, Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Terrace, Newcastle |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Royal Range, Liverpool Range |
| • location | within Barrington Tops National Park, Upper Hunter |
| • coordinates | 31°53′36.5″S 151°27′04.4″E / 31.893472°S 151.451222°E |
| • elevation | 1,420 m (4,660 ft) |
| Mouth | Tasman Sea |
• location | between Nobbys Head and Stockton |
• coordinates | 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 300 km (190 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 21,367 km2 (8,250 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 60 m3/s (1,900,000 ML/a)[3] 52.4 m3/s (1,650 GL/a)[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Moonan Brook, Stewarts Brook, Paterson River, Williams River |
| • right | Pages Creek, Pages River, Goulburn River, Wollombi Brook |
| Bridges | Ellerston, Aberdeen, Muswellbrook, Denman, Golden Highway, Singleton (x3), Elderslie, Melville Ford, Bolwarra Heights (rail), Maitland, Lorn, Morpeth, Millers Forest/Nelsons Plains, Hexham, Ash Island, Kooragang (rail), Tourle Street, Stockton |
| National park | Barrington Tops |
| [5][6] | |
The Hunter River (Wonnarua: Coquun[7]) is a major river in New South Wales, Australia. The Hunter River rises in the Liverpool Range and flows generally south and then east, reaching the Tasman Sea at Newcastle, the second largest city in New South Wales and a major harbour port. Its lower reaches form an open and trained mature wave dominated barrier estuary.[8]
- ^ a b "Hunter River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Estuaries of NSW: Hunter River". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Surface Water Management Area: Hunter River - Regulated". Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "East Coastal Watersheds".
- ^ "Map of Hunter River (1), NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Map of Hunter River (2), NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Media Release, Indigenous Naming Comes To Newcastle" (PDF). Geographical Names Board NSW Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ Roy, P. S; Williams, R. J; Jones, A. R; Yassini, I; et al. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53: 351–384. doi:10.1006/ecss.2001.0796.
