Crooked River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Illawarra |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government areas |
Subdivision Name5: | Kiama |
Length Km: | 8 |
Source1: | Currys Mountain |
Source1 Location: | southwest of Gerringong |
Mouth: | Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean |
Mouth Location: | Gerroa |
Basin Size Km2: | 32 |
Tributaries Right: | Blue Angle Creek |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Seven Mile Beach |
Extra: | [1] |
The Crooked River, officially designated as a creek, is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Crooked River rises to the southeast of Princes Highway and the South Coast railway line, west southwest of Currys Mountain and southwest of Gerringong. The creek flows generally east southeast and south for about reaching its mouth at Gerroa, where the creek borders Seven Mile Beach National Park and flows into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean.