Basket_Swamp_National_Park

Basket Swamp National Park

Basket Swamp National Park

Protected area in New South Wales, Australia


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

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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]


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.

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