Jugiong | |
Name Other: | Cumbamurra, Connors, Barbers, Talmo |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Jugiong Creek mouth in New South Wales |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), South West Slopes |
Subdivision Type5: | LGAs |
Subdivision Name5: | Yass Valley, Hilltops |
Length: | 58km (36miles) |
Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
Source Confluence: | Illalong Creek and Bogolong Creek |
Source Confluence Location: | near Illalong Creek |
Source Confluence Coordinates: | -34.6064°N 148.7247°W |
Source Confluence Elevation: | 422m (1,385feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Murrumbidgee River |
Mouth Location: | east of |
Mouth Coordinates: | -34.8267°N 148.3706°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 247m (810feet) |
River System: | Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin |
Tributaries Right: | Balgalal Creek, Rocky Ponds Creek, Cunningham Creek (Harden Shire) |
Custom Label: | Dams |
Extra: | [1] |
The Jugiong Creek, a mostlyperennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.
Formed by the confluence of the Illalong and Bogolong Creeks, the Jugiong Creek (technically a river) rises in the Burrinjuck State Forest near the locality of llalong Creek, on the south western slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The creek flows generally north, west northwest and then southwest, joined by four minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River east of the town of . The creek descends over its 58km (36miles) course.[1]
The creek is crossed by the Hume Highway near the river mouth.