Leycester_Creek Knowpia

Leycester Creek
Hanging Rock Creek, Terania Creek^[1]
Leycester Creek; Hanging Rock Creek, Terania Creek
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South East Queensland (IBRA), Northern Rivers
Local government area	Richmond Valley
Physical characteristics
Source	Tweed Range
• location	near Green Pigeon Mountain, Nimbin
• elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Wilsons River
• location	Lismore
• elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Length	69 km (43 mi)
Basin features
River system	Richmond River catchment
Tributaries
• left	Terania Creek
• right	Back Creek, Jeffries Creek (New South Wales)

The Leycester Creek, a perennial stream of the Richmond River catchment, is located in Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Location and features edit

Leycester Creek railway bridge, carrying the now closed Murwillumbah railway line across the Creek, close to its junction with the Wilsons River

Colemans Bridge over Leycester Creek

Leycester Creek rises below Lofts Pinnacle on the southern extremity of Tweed Range about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) east by north of Green Pigeon Mountain, in remote country, north northwest of Nimbin. The river flows generally south and then east, joined by three tributaries including Back Creek, before reaching its confluence with the Wilsons River at the town of Lismore. The river descends 386 metres (1,266 ft) over its 69 kilometres (43 mi) course.^[2]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Leycester Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Leycester Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2013.