Molonglo River
| Molonglo River | ||
 Black swans on the Molonglo River |
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| Data | ||
| location | New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Murrumbidgee River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | Mount Bollard Great Dividing Range 35 ° 39 ′ 42 ″ S , 149 ° 29 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1130 m | |
| muzzle |
Murrumbidgee River northwest of Canberra Coordinates: 35 ° 14 '31 " S , 148 ° 58' 4" E 35 ° 14 '31 " S , 148 ° 58' 4" E |
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| Mouth height | 440 m | |
| Height difference | 690 m | |
| Bottom slope | 6 ‰ | |
| length | 115 km | |
| Catchment area | 198,800 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Primerose Valley Creek, Queanbeyan River , Jerrabomberra Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Bullalluba Creek, Yandyguinula Creek, Dairy Station Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Burley Griffin | |
| Big cities | Canberra | |
| Medium-sized cities | Queanbeyan | |
The Molonglo River is a river in eastern Australia .
It rises in the state of New South Wales north of Captain's Flat on the Great Dividing Range , flows first to the north, later to the northwest. In the city of Queanbeyan it takes the Queanbeyan River , its main tributary, and then flows through the Australian capital Canberra . There the river was dammed to Lake Burley Griffin . Northwest of Canberra it flows into the Murrumbidgee River , a tributary of the Murray River .
history
The river was named after the Aboriginal tribe of the Moolinggolah . During the early European settlement phase, the Molonglo River and the Queanbeyan River were known together as the "Fish River" due to their abundance of fish. But in 1939 and 1942 the water was contaminated twice by ore residues from the mines in Captain's Flat, so that the entire stock of fish and aquatic plants was destroyed. When Lake Burley Griffin was dammed in 1963, there was not a single fish in the entire river. It was not until 1976 that the release of individual fish species began.
See also
- List of rivers in the Australian Capital Territory
- List of rivers in New South Wales
- List of rivers in Australia
