Wollondilly River
| Wollondilly River | ||
 A trek crosses the Wollondilly River (around 1900). Photo from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney |
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| Data | ||
| location | New South Wales , Australia | |
| River system | Hawkesbury River | |
| Drain over | Coxs River → Warragamba River → Nepean River → Hawkesbury River → Tasman Sea | |
| source | at Crookwell 34 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ S , 149 ° 34 ′ 7 ″ E |
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| Source height | 993 m | |
| muzzle |
Coxs River , now Lake Burragorang Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 150 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E 33 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 150 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 115 m | |
| Height difference | 878 m | |
| Bottom slope | 3.3 ‰ | |
| length | 269 km | |
| Left tributaries | Tarlo River , Hanworth Creek, Guineacor Creek, Tallygang Creek, Jocks Creek, Murruin Creek, Tomat Creek, Millnigong Creek, New Yards Creek, Jooriland River , Byrnes Creek, Tonalli River , Lacys Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Mulwaree River , Bangadilly Creek, Wingecarribee River , Myrtle Creek, Goodfellows Creek, Bonnum Pic Creek, Brimstone Creek, Nattai River | |
| Big cities | Goulburn | |
| Small towns | Towrang, Brayton | |
| Communities | McAllister, Pomeroy, Barralier, Long Flat, Scabby Flat, Burnt Flat | |
The Wollondilly River is a river in the Australian state of New South Wales .
It was originally a tributary of the Coxs River , where it becomes the Warragamba River . Today it ends in Lake Burragorang , which was created in 1960 when the Warragamba River was dammed and, as the largest reservoir in the Sydney area, ensures the city's water supply.
course
The Wollondilly River rises about seven kilometers east of '' Crookwell '' and initially flows south to near Pomeroy . There it turns its course to the southeast and then east to Goulburn , where it takes up the Mulwaree River . At Towrang it continues its run to the northeast and takes on the Wingecarribee River at Bullio . From there the river flows north through Barralier , where it makes a loop to the west, into the Blue Mountains National Park . Shortly before its confluence with Lake Burragorang, the Jooriland River joins . Its total length is 269 kilometers.
The Local Government Area Wollondilly Shire was named after the river.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Wollondilly River, NSW . Bonzle.com
- ↑ a b Geographical Name Register Extract for Wollondilly River . Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
