Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River
Appearance
The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia, with approximately ninety named tributaries in total; including 24 rivers, and numerous creeks and gullies.
The ordering of the basin, from source to mouth, is:
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Murrumbidgee River | 55 m (180 ft) | Murray | 34°43′43″S 143°13′8″E / 34.72861°S 143.21889°E | ~900 km (559 mi) | ||||||
Mc Phersons Creek | 1,329 m (4,360 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 8 km (5 mi) | |||||||
Dairymans Creek | 1,287 m (4,222 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 5 km (3 mi) | |||||||
Tantangara Creek | 1,257 m (4,124 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Boggy Plain Creek | 1,350 m (4,429 ft) | Tantangara | 8 km (5 mi) | |||||||
Nungar Creek | 1,220 m (4,003 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 27 km (17 mi) | |||||||
Mosquito Creek | 1,215 m (3,986 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 15 km (9 mi) | |||||||
Paytens Creek | 1,170 m (3,839 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 8 km (5 mi) | |||||||
Farm Creek | 1,149 m (3,770 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 9 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Duncan Creek | 1,051 m (3,448 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 6 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Dog Plain Creek | 1,033 m (3,389 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 6 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Boundary Creek | 1,021 m (3,350 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Goorudee Rivulet | 967 m (3,173 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 23 km (14 mi) | |||||||
Long Corner Creek | 965 m (3,166 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 13 km (8 mi) | |||||||
Jones Creek | 952 m (3,123 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 12 km (7 mi) | |||||||
Back Creek | 913 m (2,995 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 19 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Bennetts Creek | 846 m (2,776 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Bulga Creek | 809 m (2,654 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 9 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Spring Creek | 772 m (2,533 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 9 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Slacks Creek | 770 m (2,526 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 23 km (14 mi) | |||||||
Bridle Creek | 770 m (2,526 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 17 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Wambrook Creek | 791 m (2,595 ft) | Bridle | 20 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Peak Creek | 783 m (2,569 ft) | Bridle | 14 km (9 mi) | |||||||
Pilot Creek | 736 m (2,415 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 8 km (5 mi) | |||||||
Numeralla River | 706 m (2,316 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 36°3′56″S 149°9′1″E / 36.06556°S 149.15028°E | 94 km (58 mi) | ||||||
Grannys Flat Creek | 848 m (2,782 ft) | Numeralla | 36°23′51″S 149°18′13″E / 36.39750°S 149.30361°E | 11 km (7 mi) | ||||||
Tom Groggins Creek | 859 m (2,818 ft) | Grannys Flat | 36°23′43″S 149°17′18″E / 36.39528°S 149.28833°E | 14 km (9 mi) | ||||||
Jarvis Creek | 883 m (2,897 ft) | Tom Groggins | 36°24′6″S 149°17′12″E / 36.40167°S 149.28667°E | 6 km (4 mi) | ||||||
Dangelong Creek | 803 m (2,635 ft) | Numeralla | 36°20′54″S 149°18′6″E / 36.34833°S 149.30167°E | 6 km (4 mi) | ||||||
Halls Creek | 778 m (2,552 ft) | Numeralla | 36°18′55″S 149°17′54″E / 36.31528°S 149.29833°E | 3 km (2 mi) | ||||||
Stony Creek | 759 m (2,490 ft) | Numeralla | 36°16′1″S 149°18′9″E / 36.26694°S 149.30250°E | 4 km (2 mi) | ||||||
Kybeyan River | 745 m (2,444 ft) | Numeralla | 36°13′13″S 149°21′25″E / 36.22028°S 149.35694°E | 36 km (22 mi) | ||||||
Kybeyan Creek | 1,020 m (3,346 ft) | Kybeyan R. | 36°20′59″S 149°25′16″E / 36.34972°S 149.42111°E | 7 km (4 mi) | ||||||
Shannon Creek | 1,004 m (3,294 ft) | Kybeyan R. | 36°20′24″S 149°24′36″E / 36.34000°S 149.41000°E | 4 km (2 mi) | ||||||
Kydra Creek | 1,003 m (3,291 ft) | Kybeyan R. | 36°18′26″S 149°24′46″E / 36.30722°S 149.41278°E | 12 km (7 mi) | ||||||
Big Badja River | 735 m (2,411 ft) | Numeralla | 36°10′27″S 149°20′52″E / 36.17417°S 149.34778°E | 94 km (58 mi) | ||||||
Cooma Creek | 714 m (2,343 ft) | Numeralla | 36°6′20″S 149°11′16″E / 36.10556°S 149.18778°E | 42 km (26 mi) | ||||||
Bredbo River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Strike-a-Light River | Bredbo | |||||||||
Gudgenby River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Naas River | Gudgenby | |||||||||
Orroral River | Gudgenby | |||||||||
Cotter River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Paddys River | Cotter | |||||||||
Tidbinbilla River | Paddys | |||||||||
Gibraltar Creek | Paddys | |||||||||
Molonglo River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Jerrabomberra Creek | Molonglo | |||||||||
Sullivans Creek | Molonglo | |||||||||
Queanbeyan River | Molonglo | |||||||||
Goodradigbee River | 345 m (1,132 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 35°00′S 148°38′E / 35.000°S 148.633°E | 105 km (65 mi) | ||||||
Rolling Grounds Creek | 1,039 m (3,409 ft) | Goodradigbee | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Blackfellows Creek | 922 m (3,025 ft) | Goodradigbee | 6 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Coleman Creek | 674 m (2,211 ft) | Goodradigbee | 17 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Browns Creek | 1,020 m (3,346 ft) | Coleman | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Log Hut Creek | 971 m (3,186 ft) | Coleman | 4 km (2 mi) | |||||||
Bull Flat Creek | 647 m (2,123 ft) | Goodradigbee | 10 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Bramina Creek | 635 m (2,083 ft) | Goodradigbee | 20 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Diggers Creek | 910 m (2,986 ft) | Bramina | 5 km (3 mi) | |||||||
Mc Donald Creek | 879 m (2,884 ft) | Bramina | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Brindabella Creek | 623 m (2,044 ft) | Goodradigbee | 8 km (5 mi) | |||||||
Horse Creek | 560 m (1,837 ft) | Goodradigbee | 5 km (3 mi) | |||||||
Flea Creek | 501 m (1,644 ft) | Goodradigbee | 11 km (7 mi) | |||||||
Dinnertime Creek | 478 m (1,568 ft) | Goodradigbee | 12 km (7 mi) | |||||||
Limestone Creek | 443 m (1,453 ft) | Goodradigbee | 12 km (7 mi) | |||||||
Lousy Gully | 421 m (1,381 ft) | Goodradigbee | 10 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Nottingham Creek | 827 m (2,713 ft) | Lousy | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Micalong Creek | 404 m (1,325 ft) | Goodradigbee | 29 km (18 mi) | |||||||
Oaks Creek | 815 m (2,674 ft) | Micalong | 9 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Betty Brook Creek | 380 m (1,247 ft) | Goodradigbee | 11 km (7 mi) | |||||||
Wee Jasper Creek | 372 m (1,220 ft) | Goodradigbee | 14 km (9 mi) | |||||||
Sugarloaf Creek | 346 m (1,135 ft) | Goodradigbee | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Yass River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Tumut River | Murrumbidgee | |||||||||
Goobarragandra River | Tumut | |||||||||
Doubtful Creek | Tumut | |||||||||
Tarcutta Creek | 185 m (607 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 35°37′4″S 148°38′36″E / 35.61778°S 148.64333°E | 111 km (69 mi) | ||||||
Lachlan River | 68 m (223 ft) | Murrumbidgee | 34°22′S 143°47′E / 34.367°S 143.783°E | ~1,440 km (895 mi) | ||||||
Humes Creek | 558 m (1,831 ft) | Lachlan | 33 km (21 mi) | |||||||
Blakney Creek | 495 m (1,624 ft) | Lachlan | 31 km (19 mi) | |||||||
Crookwell River | 430 m (1,411 ft) | Lachlan | 34°16′39″S 149°7′53″E / 34.27750°S 149.13139°E | 78 km (48 mi) | ||||||
Wheeo Creek | 592 m (1,942 ft) | Crookwell | 34°20′29″S 149°14′5″E / 34.34139°S 149.23472°E | 43 km (27 mi) | ||||||
Mulgowie Creek | 414 m (1,358 ft) | Lachlan | 31 km (19 mi) | |||||||
Bramah Creek | 406 m (1,332 ft) | Lachlan | 19 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Abercrombie River | 378 m (1,240 ft) | Lachlan | 186 km (116 mi) | |||||||
Burra Burra Creek | 593 m (1,946 ft) | Abercrombie | 50 km (31 mi) | |||||||
Bolong River | 569 m (1,867 ft) | Abercrombie | 60 km (37 mi) | |||||||
Isabella River | 479 m (1,572 ft) | Abercrombie | 51 km (32 mi) | |||||||
Tuena Creek | 432 m (1,417 ft) | Abercrombie | 45 km (28 mi) | |||||||
Peelwood Creek | 497 m (1,631 ft) | Tuena | 33 km (21 mi) | |||||||
Copperhannia Creek | 415 m (1,362 ft) | Abercrombie | 25 km (16 mi) | |||||||
Mulgunnia Creek | 549 m (1,801 ft) | Copperhannia | 32 km (20 mi) | |||||||
Meglo Creek | 413 m (1,355 ft) | Abercrombie | 20 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Piesleys Creek | 377 m (1,237 ft) | Abercrombie | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Rocky Bridge Creek | 388 m (1,273 ft) | Piesleys | 44 km (27 mi) | |||||||
Milburn Creek | 310 m (1,017 ft) | Lachlan | 28 km (17 mi) | |||||||
Boorowa River | 303 m (994 ft) | Lachlan | 134 km (83 mi) | |||||||
Pudman Creek | 464 m (1,522 ft) | Boorowa | 39 km (24 mi) | |||||||
Breakfast Creek | 313 m (1,027 ft) | Boorowa | 20 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Hovells Creek | 302 m (991 ft) | Lachlan | 61 km (38 mi) | |||||||
Phils Creek | 488 m (1,601 ft) | Hovells | 21 km (13 mi) | |||||||
Neila Creek | 298 m (978 ft) | Lachlan | 14 km (9 mi) | |||||||
Waugoola Creek | 288 m (945 ft) | Lachlan | 35 km (22 mi) | |||||||
Binni Creek | 300 m (984 ft) | Waugoola | 18 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Morongla Creek | 287 m (942 ft) | Lachlan | 21 km (13 mi) | |||||||
Crowther Creek | 283 m (928 ft) | Lachlan | 77 km (48 mi) | |||||||
Murringo Creek | 355 m (1,165 ft) | Crowther | 39 km (24 mi) | |||||||
Top Creek | 384 m (1,260 ft) | Murringo | 18 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Pipe Clay Creek | 270 m (886 ft) | Lachlan | 15 km (9 mi) | |||||||
Kangarooby Creek | 269 m (883 ft) | Lachlan | 33 km (21 mi) | |||||||
Belubula River | 263 m (863 ft) | Lachlan | 165 km (103 mi) | |||||||
Coombing Creek | 673 m (2,208 ft) | Belubula | 34 km (21 mi) | |||||||
Mandurama Ponds | 552 m (1,811 ft) | Belubula | 30 km (19 mi) | |||||||
Grubbenbun Creek | 643 m (2,110 ft) | Mandurama | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Cadiangullong Creek | 450 m (1,476 ft) | Belubula | 17 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Swallow Creek | 431 m (1,414 ft) | Belubula | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Limestone Creek | 413 m (1,355 ft) | Belubula | 26 km (16 mi) | |||||||
Panuara Rivulet | 377 m (1,237 ft) | Belubula | 22 km (14 mi) | |||||||
Jacks Creek | 318 m (1,043 ft) | Belubula | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Nyrang Creek | 264 m (866 ft) | Belubula | 18 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Mandagery Creek | 259 m (850 ft) | Lachlan | 122 km (76 mi) | |||||||
Gumble Creek | 455 m (1,493 ft) | Mandagery | 18 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Manildra Creek | 435 m (1,427 ft) | Mandagery | 35 km (22 mi) | |||||||
Boree Creek | 339 m (1,112 ft) | Mandagery | 68 km (42 mi) | |||||||
Ulguthrie Creek | 218 m (715 ft) | Lachlan | 27 km (17 mi) | |||||||
Bumbuggan Creek | 207 m (679 ft) | Lachlan | 10 km (6 mi) | |||||||
Island Creek | 204 m (669 ft) | Lachlan | 42 km (26 mi) | |||||||
Goobang Creek | 196 m (643 ft) | Lachlan | 217 km (135 mi) | |||||||
Billabong Creek | 313 m (1,027 ft) | Goobang | 39 km (24 mi) | |||||||
Crooked Creek | 229 m (751 ft) | Goobang | 24 km (15 mi) | |||||||
Ramsays Lagoon | 216 m (709 ft) | Goobang | 7 km (4 mi) | |||||||
Kiagathur Creek | 184 m (604 ft) | Lachlan | 26 km (16 mi) | |||||||
Wallaroi Creek | 182 m (597 ft) | Lachlan | 104 km (65 mi) | |||||||
Wallamundry Creek | 191 m (627 ft) | Wallaroi | 55 km (34 mi) | |||||||
Humbug Creek | 187 m (614 ft) | Wallaroi | 150 km (93 mi) | |||||||
Sharpless Creek | 203 m (666 ft) | Humbug | 22 km (14 mi) | |||||||
Borapine Creek | 169 m (554 ft) | Lachlan | 35 km (22 mi) | |||||||
Booberoi Creek | 155 m (509 ft) | Lachlan | 98 km (61 mi) | |||||||
Crowie Creek | 161 m (528 ft) | Booberoi | 112 km (70 mi) | |||||||
Teran Creek | 261 m (856 ft) | Crowie | 22 km (14 mi) | |||||||
Box Creek | 148 m (486 ft) | Lachlan | 17 km (11 mi) | |||||||
Mountain Creek | 144 m (472 ft) | Lachlan | 24 km (15 mi) | |||||||
Willandra Creek | 143 m (469 ft) | Lachlan | 621 km (386 mi) | |||||||
Yangellawah Creek | 105 m (344 ft) | Willandra | 100 km (62 mi) | |||||||
Conoble Creek | 105 m (344 ft) | Willandra | 3 km (2 mi) | |||||||
Waverley Creek | 88 m (289 ft) | Willandra | 166 km (103 mi) | |||||||
Middle Creek | 140 m (459 ft) | Lachlan | 178 km (111 mi) | |||||||
Once-A-While Creek | 100 m (328 ft) | Middle | 47 km (29 mi) | |||||||
Merrowie Creek | 129 m (423 ft) | Lachlan | 392 km (244 mi) | |||||||
Umbrella Creek | 109 m (358 ft) | Merrowie | 36 km (22 mi) | |||||||
Box Creek | 106 m (348 ft) | Merrowie | 43 km (27 mi) | |||||||
Cabbage Garden Creek | 117 m (384 ft) | Lachlan | 107 km (66 mi) | |||||||
Gums Creek | 105 m (344 ft) | Lachlan | 13 km (8 mi) | |||||||
Torriganny Creek | 102 m (335 ft) | Lachlan | 46 km (29 mi) | |||||||
Yandumblin Creek | 100 m (328 ft) | Lachlan | 19 km (12 mi) | |||||||
Big Ben Creek | 98 m (322 ft) | Yandumblin | 16 km (10 mi) | |||||||
Mirrool Creek | 91 m (299 ft) | Lachlan | 73 km (45 mi) | |||||||
Wah Wah No 9 Channel | Mirrool | 1 km (1 mi) | ||||||||
Pimpara Creek | 83 m (272 ft) | Lachlan | 78 km (48 mi) | |||||||
Merrimajeel Creek | 82 m (269 ft) | Lachlan | 26 km (16 mi) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Search Rivers and Creeks". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
- ^ "Place name search". Geographical Name Register. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
- ^ "Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search". Geoscience Australia. Australian Government.