Goodradigbee | |
Name Other: | Little River, Murray Creek |
Name Etymology: | meaning "water running over rocks" |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Goodgradigbee River mouth in New South Wales |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Capital Country, Riverina |
Subdivision Type4: | LGAs |
Subdivision Name4: | Tumut, Yass |
Subdivision Type5: | Town |
Length: | 105km (65miles) |
Source1: | Snowy Mountains |
Source1 Location: | near Mount Morgan |
Source1 Coordinates: | -35.7242°N 148.7914°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1650m (5,410feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Murrumbidgee River |
Mouth Location: | Lake Burrinjuck |
Mouth Coordinates: | -35°N 186°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 345m (1,132feet) |
River System: | Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
Tributaries Left: | Coleman Creek (New South Wales), Bull Flat Creek, Bramina Creek, Horse Creek (New South Wales), Dinnertime Creek, Limestone Creek (New South Wales), Lousy Gully, Micalong Creek, Wee Jasper Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek, Sugarloaf Creek |
Custom Label: | Reservoir |
Custom Data: | Lake Burrinjuck |
Extra: | [1] |
Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia.
The river rises below Mount Morgan on the northern side of the Snowy Mountains at and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor tributaries towards its mouth at the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River at Burrinjuck Dam; dropping over the course of the river's length of .[1]
The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park. The catchment is in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into Tantangara Reservoir via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed.[2]
In 1968 the National Capital Development Commission considered building a dam at Brindabella Valley for the purpose of sending water into the Cotter River via a tunnel.[3]
The bridge over the Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper was completed in 1896 and is heritage-listed as being an early example of an Allan type timber truss road bridge.[4]
An alternative name for the river was 'Little River' and it was officially known as "Goodradigbee (or Little) River", until 22 May 1970.[5] [6]