List of watercourses in the Australian Capital Territory
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This is a list of watercourses in the Australian Capital Territory. It includes all river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s, stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

s, brooks, creeks, gullies
Gully
A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width...

, anabranch
Anabranch
An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the watercourse...

es, backwater
Backwater (river)
A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It refers either to a branch of a main river which lies alongside it and then rejoins it or to a body of water in a main river which is backed up by an obstruction such as the tide or a dam.-Alternative channel:If a river has...

s, and any other watercourses with a gazetted name.

This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
Gazetteer of Australia
The Gazetteer of Australia is a register of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. It is compiled by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and derived from state, territory, and Australian government agencies....

. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any watercourses have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; obviously some watercourses may extend over long distances.
Name Latitude Longitude Remarks
Allens Creek 35° 24' S 149° 2' E
Ashbrook Creek 35° 28' S 148° 54' E
Back Creek 35° 52' S 148° 57' E Also known as Grassy Creek
Barnes Creek 35° 28' S 149° 3' E
Bendora Creek 35° 25' S 148° 50' E
Billy Billy Creek 35° 30' S 148° 55' E
Bimberi Creek 35° 40' S 148° 50' E
Black Creek 35° 19' S 149° 8' E
Black Springs Creek 35° 19' S 148° 52' E
Blue Gum Creek 35° 30' S 148° 59' E
Blundells Creek 35° 22' S 148° 50' E
Bogong Creek 35° 46' S 148° 57' E
Booroomba Creek 35° 35' S 148° 55' E
Booths Creek 35° 42' S 149° 3' E
Breakfast Creek 35° 48' S 148° 58' E
Bulgar Creek 35° 21' S 149° 0' E
Bullock Head Creek 35° 23' S 148° 52' E
Bulls Flat Creek 35° 50' S 148° 58' E
Burkes Creek 35° 24' S 148° 51' E
Bushrangers Creek 35° 25' S 148° 50' E
Clear Hills Creek 35° 34' S 148° 50' E
Cliffs Creek 35° 16' S 148° 59' E
Collins Creek 35° 26' S 148° 49' E
Condor Creek 35° 19' S 148° 50' E
Coppins Creek 35° 17' S 149° 2' E
Coree Creek 35° 20' S 148° 54' E
Cotter River
Cotter River
The Cotter River is a fresh water river in the Australian Capital Territory. It is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River and part of Murray-Darling Basin. The Cotter River is one of two rivers—the Queanbeyan River is the other—that meet the water supply needs of the Canberra and...

 
35° 30' S 148° 50' E
Cow Flat Creek 35° 27' S 148° 50' E
Creamy Flats Creek 35° 40' S 148° 51' E
Cribbs Creek 35° 36' S 148° 49' E
Dairy Station Creek 35° 20' S 149° 22' E
De Salis Creek 35° 37' S 148° 49' E
Deep Creek 35° 17' S 149° 2' E
Doughboy Creek 35° 17' S 149° 11' E
Drag Creek 35° 43' S 148° 50' E
Dry Creek 35° 35' S 148° 50' E
Dunns Creek 35° 27' S 149° 8' E
Fastigata Creek 35° 19' S 148° 49' E
Franklin Creek 35° 27' S 148° 49' E
Freshford Creek 35° 25' S 149° 2' E
Georges Creek 35° 32' S 149° 1' E
Gibraltar Creek 35° 27' S 148° 59' E
Gingera Creek 35° 35' S 148° 49' E
Ginini Creek 35° 30' S 148° 47' E
Ginninderra Creek
Ginninderra Creek
Ginninderra Creek is a water course that flows across the Ginninderra Plain through the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions in Canberra, Australia....

 
35° 12' S 149° 0' E
Glen Burn Creek 35° 19' S 149° 18' E
Gooromon Ponds Creek 35° 20' S 149° 0' E
Grassy Creek 35° 52' S 149° 1' E
Gudgenby Creek 35° 40' S 149° 4' E
Gudgenby River
Gudgenby River
The Gudgenby River is a river in the Australian Capital Territory that flows predominantly through the forests of the Namadgi National Park. The river catchment contains ecologically significant alpine wetlands...

 
35° 40' S 149° 0' E
Guises Creek 35° 30' S 149° 9' E
Half Moon Creek 35° 37' S 149° 2' E
Halls Creek 35° 11' S 149° 2' E
Holdens Creek 35° 19' S 149° 2' E
Honeysuckle Creek 35° 35' S 148° 59' E
Hospital Creek 35° 45' S 148° 59' E
Hurdle Creek 35° 26' S 148° 56' E
Jacks Creek 35° 41' S 148° 49' E
James Creek 35° 37' S 148° 57' E
Jerrabomberra Creek
Jerrabomberra Creek
Jerrabomberra Creek is a 28 km natural waterway that flows from New South Wales into Lake Burley Griffin, the centrepiece of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It has a catchment area of .-References:...

 
35° 19' S 149° 10' E
Kangaroo Creek 35° 32' S 148° 51' E
Larrys Creek 35° 24' S 148° 58' E
Lees Creek 35° 20' S 148° 53' E
Left Hand Creek 35° 49' S 149° 4' E
Lickhole Creek 35° 28' S 148° 54' E
Licking Hole Creek 35° 39' S 148° 50' E
Little Bimberi Creek 35° 40' S 148° 50' E
Little Collins Creek 35° 26' S 148° 48' E
Little Dry Creek 35° 46' S 149° 0' E
Lobbs Hole Creek 35° 34' S 149° 7' E
Long Creek 35° 36' S 148° 49' E
McKeahnie Creek 35° 38' S 148° 49' E
McQuoid Creek 35° 24' S 149° 1' E
Middle Creek 35° 45' S 148° 58' E
Molonglo River
Molonglo River
The Molonglo River rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia in the state of New South Wales. Its source is on the other side of the mountain range from where the Shoalhaven River rises, in Tallaganda state forest at ~1200 metres altitude...

 
35° 15' S 148° 58' E
Monks Creek 35° 26' S 149° 7' E
Mosquito Creek 35° 37' S 148° 49' E
Mountain Creek 35° 28' S 148° 54' E
Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory . A major tributary of the Murray River, the Murrumbidgee flows in a west-northwesterly direction from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains,...

 
35° 18' S 148° 58' E
Musk Creek 35° 19' S 148° 50' E
Naas Creek  35° 52' S 149° 0' E
New Station Creek 35° 23' S 149° 1' E
North Arm 35° 25' S 148° 51' E
Nursery Creek 35° 42' S 149° 0' E
Oakey Creek 35° 23' S 148° 56' E
Orroral River
Orroral River
The Orroral River is a river in the Australian Capital Territory....

 
35° 40' S 149° 0' E
Paddys River
Paddys River
-References:...

 
35° 20' S 148° 56' E
Pheasant Creek 35° 43' S 148° 59' E
Pierces Creek 35° 20' S 148° 54' E
Piney Creek 35° 16' S 149° 0' E
Pond Creek 35° 38' S 148° 50' E
Porcupine Creek 35° 42' S 148° 50' E
Prarie Dog Creek 35° 37' S 148° 54' E sic
Sic
Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...

Punch Bowl Creek 35° 30' S 148° 59' E
Punchbowl Creek 35° 31' S 148° 57' E
Queanbeyan River
Queanbeyan River
The Queanbeyan River is a tributary of the Molonglo River and part of Murray-Darling Basin. The river is 70 kilometres in length and the river catchment is 96,000 hectares in size...

 
35° 20' S 149° 14' E
Reedy Creek 35° 46' S 149° 5' E
Reids Creek 35° 26' S 148° 56' E
Rendezvous Creek 35° 44' S 149° 0' E
Rocky Gully Creek 35° 27' S 149° 8' E
Sawpit Creek 35° 28' S 148° 54' E
Sawyers Gully 35° 31' S 149° 3' E
Shanahans Falls Creek 35° 49' S 149° 4' E
Sheedys Creek 35° 27' S 148° 56' E
Sheep Station Creek 35° 50' S 148° 57' E
Snowy Flat Creek 35° 33' S 148° 49' E
South Arm 35° 25' S 148° 51' E
Spring Station Creek 35° 31' S 149° 3' E
Stockyard Creek 35° 30' S 148° 49' E
Stoney Creek 35° 18' S 148° 58' E
Sullivans Creek
Sullivans Creek
Sullivans Creek is a small creek in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It has a catchment area of .Located on the northern half of the city, it flows through the Australian National University into Lake Burley Griffin.-References:...

35° 17' S 149° 7' E
Swamp Creek 35° 15' S 148° 56' E
Tanners Flat Creek 35° 24' S 148° 57' E
Tarpaulin Creek 35° 16' S 148° 57' E
Telegraph Creek 35° 9' S 150° 43' E
Telephone Gully Creek 35° 31' S 149° 8' E
Tidbinbilla River 35° 26' S 148° 57' E
Tuggeranong Creek 35° 20' S 149° 3' E
Uriarra Creek 35° 16' S 148° 55' E
Uriarra Creek (South Arm) 35° 17' S 148° 54' E
Village Creek 35° 25' S 149° 3' E
Weber Creek 35° 20' S 149° 19' E
Weston Creek 35° 20' S 149° 3' E
White Sands Creek 35° 32' S 148° 51' E
Wombat Creek 35° 19' S 148° 51' E
Woolshed Creek 35° 18' S 149° 11' E
Yarralumla Creek 35° 19' S 149° 4' E
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