| Camden Haven River Camden Haven River Southern Branch[1] | |
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 Camden Haven River atNorth Haven, 2009 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| IBRA | NSW North Coast |
| District | Mid North Coast |
| Local government areas | Port Macquarie-Hastings,Mid-Coast Council |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Gibraltar,Gibraltar Range |
| • location | west ofLorne |
| • coordinates | 31°38′55″S152°30′4″E / 31.64861°S 152.50111°E /-31.64861; 152.50111 |
| • elevation | 698 m (2,290 ft) |
| Source confluence | Stewarts River withQueens Lake |
| • location | Watson Taylors Lake, nearLaurieton |
| • coordinates | 31°42′10″S152°42′29″E / 31.70278°S 152.70806°E /-31.70278; 152.70806 |
| • elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Mouth | Tasman Sea,South Pacific Ocean |
• location | Camden Head |
• coordinates | 31°38′55″S152°48′4″E / 31.64861°S 152.80111°E /-31.64861; 152.80111 |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 72 km (45 mi) |
| Basin size | 589 km2 (227 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| National parks | Crowdy Bay,Dooragan |
| [2] | |
Camden Haven River, an open andtrained intermediatewave dominatedbarrier estuary,[3] is located in theMid North Coast region ofNew South Wales,Australia.
Camden Haven River upper catchment starts at the two south eastern creeks at Edge. The merged flow of the two rivers, together with the outflow ofQueens Lake spills into theTasman Sea of theSouth Pacific Ocean. The river descends 698 metres (2,290 ft) over its 72 kilometres (45 mi)course.[2]
Camden Haven River is transversed by thePacific Highway north of the village ofRossglen, betweenCoopernook andKew.
