| Tuggeranong Creek | |
| Name Etymology: | Aboriginal word meaning "cold plain"[1] |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
| Subdivision Name2: | Australian Capital Territory |
| Subdivision Type3: | IBRA |
| Subdivision Name3: | South Eastern Highlands |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Tuggeranong |
| Subdivision Type5: | Town centre |
| Subdivision Name5: | Tuggeranong |
| Source1: | Tuggeranong Hill |
| Source1 Location: | east of Theodore |
| Source1 Elevation: | 700m (2,300feet)(approx.) |
| Mouth: | Confluence with Murrumbidgee River |
| Mouth Location: | South of Greenway |
| Mouth Elevation: | 570m (1,870feet)(approx.) |
| River System: | Murrumbidgee River, Murray–Darling basin |
| Tributaries Right: | Dunns Creek |
| Custom Label: | Reservoirs |
| Custom Data: | Isabella Pond, Lake Tuggeranong |
Tuggeranong Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Tuggeranong is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "cold plain".[1] The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Tuggeranong Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe.
Tuggeranong Creek rises below Tuggeranong Hill, east of the suburb of Theodore and the Monaro Highway, formed through rural runoff within Monks Pond. The creek flows generally west and north-west, through Theodore, past the playing fields located in Calwell, through Richardson where it passes close to Tuggeranong Homestead, and through Isabella Plains, gathering urban stormwater drainage. Tuggeranong Creek is impounded at Bonython to form Isabella Pond, which is also impounded to form Lake Tuggeranong, a man-made artificial lake.[2]
The creek is dammed at Tuggeranong Town Centre along Athlon Drive. Although there is no clear channel, Tuggeranong Creek flows south-west to form confluence with the Murrumbidgee River, south of Greenway.