Towamba River

Towamba River Kiah River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), South Coast
Municipality	Bega Valley
Physical characteristics
Source	South Coast Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	near Coolangubra Mountain
• elevation	533 m (1,749 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Nullica Bay, Twofold Bay
Length	86 km (53 mi)
Basin size	1,026 km2 (396 sq mi)
Depth
• average	1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Back Creek (Bega Valley, New South Wales), New Station Creek, Mataganah Creek, Stony Creek (Towamba River), Jingo Creek
• right	Basin Creek, Reedy Creek (Bega Valley, New South Wales), Wog Wog River, Pericoe Creek, Camping Ground Creek, Stanleys Creek, Shelleys Creek

The Towamba River is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river, located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The Towamba River rises near Coolangubra Mountain, below Mount Marshall on the eastern slopes of the South Coast Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Coolangubra Mountain. The river flows generally southeast and then northeast, joined by twelve tributaries including the Mataganah Creek and Wog Wog River, before reaching its mouth, emptying into Nullica Bay, within Twofold Bay, and spilling into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, east of Boydtown. The river descends 533 metres (1,749 ft) over its 86 kilometres (53 mi) course.

The catchment area of the river is 1,026 square kilometres (396 sq mi) with a volume of 2,050 megalitres (72×10^⁶ cu ft) over a surface area of 2.0 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi), at an average depth of 1.1 metres (3 ft 7 in).

At the locality of Kiah, the Princes Highway crosses the Towamba River.

The river flows through extensive parts of the South East Forest National Park in its upper reaches. In its lower reaches, the river forms the northern boundary of Mount Imlay National Park.

See also

• Towamba River bridge, New Buildings
• List of rivers of Australia
• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• Rivers of New South Wales

External links

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