The Richmond River is a river in the north-eastern corner of New South Wales, Australia. It runs for approximately 170 km from the foothills of the Border Ranges past the towns of Kyogle, Casino, Coraki, Woodburn, where it turns northward and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Ballina. It has a catchment area of 6,850 km², which makes it the sixth largest catchment in the state. Its floodplain has an area of over 1,000 km².
It is one of the three rivers that are generally considered to constitute the Northern Rivers District of New South Wales, the other two being the Clarence River to the south and the Tweed River to the north.
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