Eastern Creek (New South Wales) Explained

Eastern Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New South Wales
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Subdivision Type5:Local government areas
Subdivision Name5:Cumberland, Fairfield, Blacktown
Length:30km (20miles)
Source1:below Sugarloaf Ridge
Source1 Location:near
Source1 Coordinates:-33.8632°N 150.8607°W
Source1 Elevation:116m (381feet)
Mouth:confluence with South Creek
Mouth Coordinates:-33.6438°N 150.8276°W
Mouth Elevation:3m (10feet)
River System:Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Basin Size:36.22km2
Tributaries Left:Reedy Creek, Angus Creek, Bells Creek
Tributaries Right:Bungarribee Creek, Breakfast Creek, Burdekin Creek, Quakers Creek
Custom Label:Nature reserve
Custom Data:Nurragingy Reserve
Extra:[1]

Eastern Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Eastern Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, below Sugarloaf Ridge at Western Sydney Regional Park about west by north of . The creek flows generally north, joined by the Reedy, Angus, Bungarribee, Breakfast, Burdekin, Quakers, and Bells creeks, before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of . The creek descends over its course.[1]

Eastern Creek is transversed by the M4 Western Motorway and the Great Western Highway between and ; and the Western railway line west of .

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map of Eastern Creek, NSW . Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia . 26 December 2013 .