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River in Australia
Goodradigbee
Little River, Murray Creek
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Etymology
| meaning "water running over rocks"
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Country
| Australia
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State
| New South Wales
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Region
| Australian Alps
(
IBRA
),
Snowy Mountains
,
Capital Country
,
Riverina
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LGAs
| Tumut
,
Yass
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Town
| Wee Jasper
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Source
| Snowy Mountains
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• location
| near
Mount Morgan
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• coordinates
| 35°43′27″S
148°47′29″E
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35.72417°S 148.79139°E
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-35.72417; 148.79139
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• elevation
| 1,650 m (5,410 ft)
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Mouth
| confluence
with the
Murrumbidgee River
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• location
| Lake Burrinjuck
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• coordinates
| 35°00′S
148°38′E
/
35.000°S 148.633°E
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-35.000; 148.633
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• elevation
| 345 m (1,132 ft)
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Length
| 105 km (65 mi)
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River system
| Murrumbidgee
catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
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Tributaries
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• left
| Coleman Creek (New South Wales), Bull Flat Creek, Bramina Creek, Horse Creek (New South Wales), Dinnertime Creek, Limestone Creek (New South Wales), Lousy Gully, Micalong Creek, Wee Jasper Creek
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• right
| Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek,
Sugarloaf Creek
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Reservoir
| Lake Burrinjuck
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[1]
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Goodradigbee River
, a
perennial stream
[2]
that is part of the
Murrumbidgee
catchment within the
Murray-Darling basin
, is located in the
Snowy Mountains
district of
New South Wales
,
Australia
.
Course and features
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The river rises below
Mount Morgan
on the northern side of the
Snowy Mountains
at 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor
tributaries
towards its
mouth
at the
confluence
with the
Murrumbidgee River
at
Burrinjuck Dam
; dropping 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) over the
course
of the river's length of 105 kilometres (65 mi).
[1]
The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the
Kosciuszko National Park
. The catchment is 110,100 hectares (272,000 acres) in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into
Tantangara Reservoir
via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed.
[3]
In 1968 the
National Capital Development Commission
considered building a dam at
Brindabella Valley
for the purpose of sending water into the
Cotter River
via a tunnel.
[4]
The bridge over the Goodradigbee at
Wee Jasper
was completed in 1896 and is
heritage-listed
as being an early example of an
Allan type
timber truss
road bridge.
[5]
An alternative name for the river was 'Little River' and it was officially known as "Goodradigbee (or Little) River", until 22 May 1970.
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See also
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References
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