Basket Swamp National Park

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

Basket Swamp National Park New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
Basket Swamp National Park
Nearest town or city	Tenterfield
Coordinates	28°55′59″S 152°09′11″E
Established	1999
Area	28.2 km2 (10.9 sq mi)
Managing authorities	National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
Website	Basket Swamp National Park
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

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

• Protected areas of New South Wales
• High Conservation Value Old Growth forest