Cudgegong River
| Cudgegong River | ||
 Cudgegong River in Mudgee |
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| Data | ||
| location | New South Wales , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Macquarie River → Barwon River → Darling River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | below Bin Ben in Wollemi National Park 32 ° 51 ′ 34 ″ S , 150 ° 18 ′ 51 ″ E |
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| Source height | 766 m | |
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Macquarie River Coordinates: 32 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E 32 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 149 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 341 m | |
| Height difference | 425 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.7 ‰ | |
| length | 250 km | |
| Left tributaries | Ganguddy Creek, Towinhingy Creek, Carwell Creek, Mullamuddy Creek, Burrundulla Creek, Piambong Creek, Meroo Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Gavins Creek, Swampy Creek, Davis Creek, Coxs Creek, Lawsons Creek, Wialdra Creek, Mebul Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Windamere . Lake Barrendong | |
| Medium-sized cities | Rylstone, Mudgee | |
| Small towns | Olinda, Cudgegong, Apple Tree Flat, Two Mile Flat, Twelve Mile, Yarrabin | |
The Cudgegong River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of New South Wales .
course
It rises east of Rylstone on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in the western part of Wollemi National Park . From its source, the river flows through Lake Windamere, west of Rylstone, to the northwest through the town of Mudgee . West of Gulgong it changes its direction of travel first to the west and then south, where he worked in the Lake Barrendong and thus into the Macquarie River flows .
The Windamere reservoir on the river has a water content of 368.12 million m³, was completed in 1984 and is used to irrigate the surrounding agricultural land.