Pambula River Panbula River[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast
Local government area	Bega Valley
Physical characteristics
Source	Timbered highlands
• location	near Lochiel
• elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	near Pambula Beach
Length	15 km (9.3 mi)
Basin size	296 km2 (114 sq mi)
Depth
• average	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Chalkhills Creek
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Pambula River is an open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary^[3] or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Pambula River rises in timbered highlands near the locality of Lochiel and flows generally east, flowing through Pambula Lake, before reaching its mouth into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean near the locality of Pambula Beach. The river descends 83 metres (272 ft) over its 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) course.^[2]

The catchment area of the river is 296 square kilometres (114 sq mi) with a volume of 9,774 megalitres (345.2×10^⁶ cu ft) over a surface area of 4.7 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi), at an average depth of 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in).^[4]

South of Pambula, the Princes Highway crosses the river.

The river also passes north of the town South Pambula that is named after the river passing north of it.

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• List of rivers of Australia

• "Towamba & Genoa catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

36°56′S 149°52′E / 36.933°S 149.867°E / -36.933; 149.867