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
s, stream
s, brooks, creeks, gullies
, anabranch
es, backwater
s, and any other watercourses with a gazetted name.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
. 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.
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 |
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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 |