Moppy River

Moppy River
Morpey Creek^[1]
Moppy River; Morpey Creek
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	New England Tablelands, NSW North Coast
District	Upper Hunter, Mid North Coast
Local government area	Mid-Coast Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Royal Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	near Tunderbolts Lookout, Barrington Tops National Park
• elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Barrington River
• location	near Moppy
• elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Length	22 km (14 mi)
Basin features
River system	Manning River catchment
National park	Barrington Tops

Moppy River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Moppy River rises in the Barrington Tops, on the eastern slopes of Mount Royal Range, south of Tunderbolts Lookout in the Barrington Tops National Park, and flows generally east before reaching its confluence with the Barrington River, near the village of Moppy. The river descends 1,140 metres (3,740 ft) over its 22 kilometres (14 mi) course.^[2]

^ "Moppy River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Moppy River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 16 March 2013.