Cooma Creek

Not to be confused with Cooma Back Creek.
Cooma
Creek
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Monaro
Local government area Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Part of Murrumbidgee catchment,
Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
 - left Brothers Creek, Cooma Back Creek
 - right Middle Flat Creek
Town Cooma
Source Great Dividing Range
 - location below The Peak
 - elevation 1,100 m (3,609 ft)
 - coordinates 36°25′21″S 149°9′10″E / 36.42250°S 149.15278°E / -36.42250; 149.15278
Mouth confluence with Rock Flat Creek
 - location near Chakola
 - elevation 720 m (2,362 ft)
 - coordinates 36°7′27″S 149°11′20″E / 36.12417°S 149.18889°E / -36.12417; 149.18889Coordinates: 36°7′27″S 149°11′20″E / 36.12417°S 149.18889°E / -36.12417; 149.18889
Length 42 km (26 mi)
Location of the Cooma Creek mouth
in New South Wales
[1]
Cooma Creek
Legend
Source below The Peak
36°25′21″S 149°09′10″E / 36.4225°S 149.152778°E / -36.4225; 149.152778
The Brothers Creek
Bombala Street, Cooma
Monaro Highway
Commissioner Street, Cooma
Sharp Street, Cooma
Monaro Highway
Massie Street, Cooma
Cooma Back Creek
Mittagang Road
Monaro Highway
Bombala railway line
Middle Flat Creek
Rock Flat Creek

The Cooma Creek, a mostlyperennial river[2] that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The Cooma Creek (technically a river[2]) rises below The Peak, southeast of Snow Hill and west southwest of Brick Kiln Hill, part of the Great Dividing Range, and flows generally north and then north by east, joined by three minor tributaries and flowing through the town of Cooma before reaching its confluence with Rock Flat Creek near the locality of Chakola. Rock Flat Creek continues to the Numeralla River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River. The Cooma Creek descends 385 metres (1,263 ft) over its 42-kilometre (26 mi) course.[1]

The Snowy Mountains Highway crosses Cooma Creek in Cooma; and the Monaro Highway crosses Cooma Creek at Bunyan.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Map of Cooma Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Cooma Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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