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The Parramatta River, New South Wales, Australia, is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove and Duck Rivers. The river begins at confluence of Toongabbie Creek and Darling Mills Creek west of Paramatta and travels in an easterly direction to a line between Yurulbin (formerly Long Nose Point) and Manns Point near Balmain where is joins with the Lane Cove River to form Sydney Harbour, at this point still about 21 km from the ocean. The total catchment area of the river is approximately 130 km<sup>2</sup> and is tidal to Charles Street Weir in Parramatta approximately 30 km from Sydney Heads.