Dora Creek

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This article is about the watercourse. For the suburb, see Dora Creek, New South Wales.
Dora River (Doree Doree[1])
Dory River[2]
Perennial river
Dora Creek, view from behind Avondale College
Name origin: Aboriginal: "Creek running into a lake"[1]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney Basin (IBRA), Central Coast, Hunter
Local government area Lake Macquarie
Tributaries
 - left Jigadee Creek
 - right Stockton Creek
Source Watagan Mountains
 - location Martinsville
 - elevation 40 m (131 ft)
Mouth Lake Macquarie
 - location Dora Creek
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Length 35 km (22 mi)
National park Watagans
Reservoir Lake Macquarie
[2][3]

Dora River is a watercourse that is located in the Upper Central Coast/Lower Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Dora Creek River rises below Watagan Mountains west of Martinsville, and flows generally southeast by south, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its river mouth within Lake Macquarie, near the town of Dora Creek. The river descends 40 metres (130 ft) over its 35 kilometres (22 mi) course.[2][3]

The merged flows of Dora Creek together with Lake Macquarie reaches the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean at Swansea.[3]

The F3 Freeway crosses the creek, west of Morisset.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Read, Clive (2008). "Dora Creek Street Names" (PDF). City of Lake Macquarie. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dora Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Map of Dora Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 

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Coordinates: 33°05′S 151°31′E / 33.083°S 151.517°E / -33.083; 151.517

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