Peel River (New South Wales)

Peel River (New South Wales)

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The Peel River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murray-Darling Basin.

The Peel rises on the northern slopes of the Liverpool Range south of the village of Nundle. It flows generally north and west through the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, through Woolomin and emerges into the Liverpool Plains near Tamworth. It continues west and flows into the Namoi River just downstream of Keepit Dam. The Cockburn River is a major tributary of the Peel River, joining it at Nemingha east of Tamworth.

The Peel is dammed south of the village of Woolomin by Chaffey Dam, a water supply for Tamworth.

The Peel River was named after Sir Robert Peel who was an important British politician at the time of its discovery by British settlers in Australia.

The scientific name for the Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii peelii, was named after the Peel River when it was first discovered in the river's waters by Major Mitchell.

ee also

*List of rivers in Australia
*Rivers of New South Wales

References


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