Queanbeyan River
| Queanbeyan River | ||
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| location | New South Wales , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Molonglo River → Murrumbidgee River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | Soon Mountain in the Great Dividing Range | |
| Source height | 1260 m | |
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Molonglo River at Queanbeyan Coordinates: 35 ° 20 ′ 14 " S , 149 ° 13 ′ 49" E 35 ° 20 ′ 14 " S , 149 ° 13 ′ 49" E |
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| Mouth height | 567 m | |
| Height difference | 693 m | |
| Bottom slope | 6.7 ‰ | |
| length | 104 km | |
| Left tributaries | Towneys Creek, Sandy Flat Creek, Lyons Creek, Roberts Creek, Groggy Creek, Tinderry Creek, Urialla Creek, Burra Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Slap Up Creek, Mile Creek, Sherlock Creek, Bellinafad Creek, Bradleys Creek, Valley Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Googong Reservoir | |
| Medium-sized cities | Queanbeyan | |
The Queanbeyan River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .
geography
It rises on the slopes of Bald Mountain in the Great Dividing Range , flows north through the town of Queanbeyan and flows north of the urban area into the Molonglo River .
The Googong Reservoir was built in 1979 to ensure drinking water supplies to Queanbeyan and Canberra. The associated water reservoir collects 124,500 million liters of water from an 873 km² catchment area . The dam and reservoir are three miles above Queanbeyan and are owned by the federal government. It is operated by ACTEW Corporation , the utility company for the Australian Capital Territory .