 By the Swifts Creek and Ensay region the river is up to wide, with deep pools of up to , and a substrate of rubble and gravel.In the steep forest sections between Ensay and Bruthen the channel width is up to , with a varying substrate of bedrock, boulders, rubble, sand and mud.Between Bruthen and Tambo Upper there is extensive sedimentation with channel width exceeding , but a summer depth typically less than .