Basket Swamp National Park

Basket Swamp National Park
New South Wales
Basket Swamp National Park
Nearest town or cityTenterfield
Coordinates28°55′59″S 152°09′11″E / 28.93306°S 152.15306°E / -28.93306; 152.15306
Established1999
Area28.2 km2 (10.9 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesNational Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
WebsiteBasket Swamp National Park
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

Basket Swamp is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 558 km north of Sydney, and 15 kilometres north east of Tenterfield.

The park is named after Basket Swamp, a waterlogged area in the western sector of the park.[1]

This wetland plays an important role in the ecosystem of the Clarence River. Basket Swamp cleans, stores and discharges clean water into the surrounding streams that flow into the river.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kevin Parker, Basket Swamp National Park Plan of Management Archived 29 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, October 2005
  2. ^ "Basket Swamp National Park". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 22 July 2021.