Tuross River

Tuross River
An open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary;[1] or perennial stream[2]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Regions	South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast
Local government area	Eurobodalla
Tributaries
- left	Guinea Creek, Swamp Creek (Tuross), Woila Creek, Mellion Creek, Big Belimbla Creek, Sawpit Creek, Swamp Creek (Comerang)
- right	Back River (Cooma-Monaro), Bumberry Creek, Myrtle Creek (Eurobodalla), Wadbilliga Hole Creek, Wadbilliga River, Wandella Creek, Reedy Creek (Tuross)
Towns	Bodalla, Tuross Head
Source	Kybeyan Range, Great Dividing Range
- location	Mount Kydra, Wadbilliga National Park
- elevation	1,170 m (3,839 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
- location	Tuross Lake, at Tuross Head
Length	147 km (91 mi)
Depth	1.2 m (4 ft)
Basin	1,814 km2 (700 sq mi)
Area	15.5 km2 (6 sq mi)
National park	Wadbilliga
Waterfall	Tuross Falls
Website: NSW Environment & Heritage webpage
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The Tuross River, an open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary^[1] or perennial stream,^[2] is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Tuross River rises of the eastern slopes of the Kybeyan Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Kydra on the western edge of Wadbilliga National Park, not far from Cooma. The river flows generally north, east and northeast, joined by fourteen tributaries including the Back and Wadbilliga rivers, before spilling into Tuross Lake and reaching its mouth at the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean at Tuross Heads.^[2] The river descends 1,170 metres (3,840 ft) over its 147 kilometres (91 mi) course.^[3]

The catchment area of the river is 1,814 square kilometres (700 sq mi) with a volume of 18,208 megalitres (643.0×10^⁶ cu ft) over a surface area of 15.5 square kilometres (6.0 sq mi), at an average depth of 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in).^[4]

North of the town of Bodalla, the Princes Highway crosses the Tuross River.

Gallery

• 
  An aerial view of Tuross Head, with Tuross Lake to the right, and the estuarine Tuross River to the left, 2008.
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  Tuross River mouth, at Tuross Head, 2008.

See also

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (L-Z)
• List of rivers of Australia
• Mordacia praecox

References

External links

• "Tuross River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 

South Coast, New South Wales
Cities	Nowra
Townships	Basin View Batehaven Batemans Bay Bawley Point Bega Bemboka Bendalong Bermagui Berry Bodalla Boydtown Broulee Burrill Lake Callala Bay Candelo Cobargo Congo Culburra Beach Dalmeny Eden Fishermans Paradise Greenwell Point Huskisson Hyams Beach Kianga Kioloa Lake Conjola Malua Bay Manyana Merimbula Milton Mogo Mollymook Moruya Mystery Bay Narooma Narrawallee Nelligen Nerrigundah Pambula Pambula Beach Potato Point Pyree Quaama Rosedale Sanctuary Point South Durras St Georges Basin Sussex Inlet Tabourie Lake Tathra Tilba Tomakin Tomerong Towamba Tura Beach Tuross Head Ulladulla Vincentia Wandandian Wolumla Wonboyn
Local government areas	Bega Valley Shire Eurobodalla Shire City of Shoalhaven Jervis Bay Territory
National parks	Ben Boyd Bournda Biamanga Budawang Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gulaga Jerrawangala Kooraban Mimosa Rocks Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang South East Forest Wadbilliga
Rivers and other waterbodies	Bega Bemboka Bermagui Bimberamala Brogo Buckenbowra Clyde Deua Dry Genoa Merrica Moruya Murrah Nadgee Nullica Nunnock Pambula Queens Pound Shoalhaven St Georges Basin Tomaga Towamba Tuross Wadbilliga Wallagaraugh White Rock Wog Wog Lake Wollumboola Wonboyn Yadboro Yowaka Yowrie

Coordinates: 36°04′S 150°05′E / 36.067°S 150.083°E / -36.067; 150.083