Coal River (Tasmania)

The Coal River rises on the hills east of Tunnack, at an elevation of , and winds its way south through undulating terrain before being impounded at the Craigbourne Dam. From there the regulated river flows south through the Coal River Valley, accepting unregulated inflows from its two main tributaries, the Native Hut and White Kangaroo rivulets, before flowing through Richmond and into Pitt Water at Penna, where the ground is marshy in places, at an elevation of . The Coal River catchment is one of the driest catchments in Tasmania, with annual rainfall averaging from across the catchment. Since 1992, irrigators have drawn water from the Coal River to feed the Daisy Banks Dam, part of the South East Irrigation Scheme, that is delivered throughout the district by approximately of pipelines, for use in the Coal River Valley. == Nature reserve ==

Under the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Act (2002), a part of the Pitt Water was declared a nature reserve. The reserve is partially contained within the Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon Ramsar Site, which, in 1983, was listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention. The reserve is part of the South Arm Important Bird Area that forms a habitat of migratory and resident birds, is a nursery of marine life, and is an important estuarine ecosystem, and includes many unique species. == See also ==