The Cooma Back Creek, a mostly
perennial river that is part of the
Murrumbidgee catchment within the
Murray–Darling basin, is located in the
Monaro region of
New South Wales,
Australia
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.
Course and features
The Cooma Back Creek (technically a river
[) rises below Two Tree Hill, south southeast of North Brother and south by east of Middle Brother, part of the ]Great Dividing Range
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, and flows generally north and then north by east, joined by one minor tributary before reaching its confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with the Cooma Creek in the town of . The Cooma Back Creek descends over its course
Course may refer to:
Directions or navigation
* Course (navigation), the path of travel
* Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...
.[
The Snowy Mountains Highway crosses Cooma Back Creek in Cooma.
]
See also
* List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K)
* Rivers of New South Wales
References
External links
Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach
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Rivers of New South Wales
Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River
Snowy Mountains Highway
Snowy Monaro Regional Council