| Buckenbowra River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | South East Corner (IBRA),South Coast |
| Local government area | Eurobodalla |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range withinMonga National Park |
| • location | nearMonga |
| • elevation | 601 m (1,972 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with theClyde River |
• location | west ofBatemans Bay |
• elevation | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Length | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Clyde River catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Quart Pot Creek, Mullendaree Creek |
| National parks | Monga,Clyde |
| [1][2] | |
Buckenbowra River, aperennial river of theClyde River catchment, is located in the upper ranges of theSouth Coast region ofNew South Wales,Australia.
Buckenbowra River rises on the eastern slopes of theGreat Dividing Range withinMonga National Park, approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) northeast of the village ofMonga, flows through a series of heavily wooded gorges, joined by two minortributaries, before reaching itsconfluence with the Clyde River withinClyde River National Park, around 5 km (3 mi) from the town ofBatemans Bay.[1][3] The river descends 598 metres (1,962 ft) over its 42 kilometres (26 mi)course.[2]
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Buckenbowra River are theIndigenous Australian people of the Walbanja clan.[3]
European settlement occurred in the 1830s when a horse trail was established running beside the waterway.[3] In the 1850s this rough track was replaced with aconvict-built road, supported in cuttings by dry stone walls. The road was abandoned during the nineteenth century, with one forgotten 770 m (0.48 mi) section rediscovered in 2005.[4]
The gorges through which the Buckenbowra River flows are dominated by stands ofcasuarina trees.Mangroves are endemic along the river banks, providing the only recorded habitat for thelichenPertusaria melaleucoides.[5]
Fish species includeAustralian grayling andAustralian bass.[6]
Rivers of the Southern Rivers catchment,New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Illawarra | |
| Shoalhaven | |
| Eurobodalla | |
| Far South Coast | |
| Snowy River | |
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