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Back River (Tamworth)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Back River, a perennial stream of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Back River on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Hanging Rock, east of Nundle, and flows generally east and then southeast before reaching its confluence with the Barnard River. The river descends 649 metres (2, 129 ft) over its 21 kilometres (13 mi) course. Rivers of New South Wales List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K) List of rivers of Australia

Flows through: Australia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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