Tuggeranong Creek

Tuggeranong Creek
Spring on Tuggeranong Creek
Etymology	Aboriginal: word meaning "cold plain"[1]
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Australian Capital Territory
IBRA	South Eastern Highlands
District	Tuggeranong
Town centre	Tuggeranong
Physical characteristics
Source	Tuggeranong Hill
• location	east of Theodore
• elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)(approx.)
Mouth	Confluence with Murrumbidgee River
• location	South of Greenway
• elevation	570 m (1,870 ft)(approx.)
Basin features
River system	Murrumbidgee River, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
• right	Dunns Creek
Reservoirs	Isabella Pond, Lake Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Tuggeranong is derived from the

Course

Tuggeranong Creek rises below Tuggeranong Hill, east of the suburb of

The creek is dammed at Tuggeranong Town Centre along Athlon Drive. Although there is no clear channel, Tuggeranong Creek flows south-west to form confluence with the Murrumbidgee River, south of Greenway.

References

External links

• "Lower Tuggeranong Creek—Tuggeranong Creek" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012.. ACT Waterwatch, Campfire Year 1 Report, (2003).
• "Tuggeranong Creek: Upper Site" (PDF).. ACT Waterwatch.

35°25′37″S 149°6′23″E / 35.42694°S 149.10639°E / -35.42694; 149.10639

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