Mole River (New South Wales)

Mole The Mole River[1]
Location of Mole River mouth in New South Wales
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Northern Tablelands
Physical characteristics
Source confluence	Deepwater River and Bluff River
• location	west of Sandy Flat
• coordinates	29°13′08″S 151°56′48″E / 29.21889°S 151.94667°E / -29.21889; 151.94667
• elevation	614 m (2,014 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Pike Creek to form the Dumaresq River
• location	near Mole River (settlement)
• coordinates	28°59′47″S 151°31′03″E / 28.99639°S 151.51750°E / -28.99639; 151.51750
• elevation	363 m (1,191 ft)
Length	73 km (45 mi)
Basin features
River system	Macintyre River catchment, Murray–Darling basin
[2]

The Mole River, a watercourse that is one of the Border Rivers and part of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Sourced from the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the river rises at the confluence of Deepwater River and Bluff River, west of Sandy Flat, and flows generally to the west before reaching its confluence with the Dumaresq River, near the village of Mole River; descending 252 metres (827 ft) over its 73 kilometres (45 mi) course.^[2]

The Mole River is one of the remotest headwaters of the Murray-Darling basin; and the area drained is hilly and rocky.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Tenterfield Shire Council called for a dam to be constructed on the Mole River.^[3]

• Rivers of New South Wales

• "Border Rivers catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.