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Namoi Catchment

  Namoi - Natural Resource Management region Australian Government Natural Resource Management

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The Namoi catchment is bounded by the Great Dividing Range in the east, the Liverpool Ranges and Warrumbungle Ranges in the south, and the Nandewar Ranges and Mt. Kaputar to the North. Major tributaries of the Namoi River include Coxs Creek and the Mooki, Peel, Cockburn, Manilla, and McDonald Rivers, all of which join the Namoi upstream of Boggabri. Stretching from Bendemeer in the east to Walgett on the western boundary.

The Namoi catchment region covers 42,000 square kilometres and supports a population of 94,000 people across 14 local government areas. The main towns include Barraba, Gunnedah, Manilla, Narrabri, Nundle, Quirindi, Tamworth, Walgett and Werris Creek.

The Namoi catchment is the second largest cotton growing region in Australia, with an average of 68 800 hectares of cotton grown annually. 
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