Styx River
Location
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
IBRANew England Tablelands
DistrictNorthern Tablelands
local government areaArmidale
Physical characteristics
SourceSnowy Range, Great Dividing Range
 • locationbelow Point Lookout, near Ebor
 • elevation1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Chandler River
 • location
near Jeogla
 • elevation
277 m (909 ft)
Length60 km (37 mi)
Basin features
River systemMacleay River catchment
Tributaries 
 • rightSerpentine Creek, Jeogla Creek
National parkNew England NP, Oxley Wild Rivers NP
[1]

Styx River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Styx River rises below Point Lookout in the Snowy Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range which forms part of the eastern escarpment of the Northern Tablelands, south southeast of Ebor, and flows generally southwest, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Chandler River, south southwest of Jeogla. The river descends 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) over its 60 kilometres (37 mi) course;[1] rapidly descending into a deep gorge where it meets the Chandler River.[2]

The Styx goes through part of the Jenolan Caves complex at one point.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Map of Styx River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ Carrai (Map). Division of National Mapping. 1972.
  3. ^ "River Styx in the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, 1 December 1933 [picture]". Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Learn all About Caves at Jenolan". jenolancaves.org.au. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "A Day at the Caves". Mountain Whispers. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

External links

30°36′S 152°08′E / 30.600°S 152.133°E / -30.600; 152.133


River systems and rivers of the Northern Rivers catchments, New South Wales, Australia
River systems and rivers of New South Wales, Australia
New England region of New South Wales, Australia
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