Gudgenby River

Gudgenby River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Location and features

Gudgenby River rises within Namadgi National Park, below Yankee Hat and Mount Gudgenby, on the south-eastern slopes of the Brindabella Ranges in the south of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and formed by the confluence of Bogong Creek and Middle Creek. The river flows generally north and north-east, joined by nine tributaries, including the Naas River and Orroral River, before reaching its confluence with Murrumbidgee River, near Tharwa. The river descends 422 metres (1,385 ft) over its 35 kilometres (22 mi) course.^[1]

The river catchment contains ecologically significant alpine wetlands.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, ACTEW announced that the creation of a large 159 gigalitres (5.6×10⁹ cu ft) dam on the Gudgenby River, below Mount Tennent, was one of three options being considered as part of the Future Water Options Project in order to provide improved reliability and increased supply of potable water for Canberra and the ACT. By 2005, the ACT Government decided that the creation of a dam on the Gudgenby River, below Mount Tennent, would not proceed; in favour enlarging the Cotter Dam.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia

References

External links

• Southern ACT Catchment Group website

v t e Rivers, other watercourses, reservoirs and river islands of the Australian Capital Territory Rivers and creeks Cotter Gibraltar Ginninderra Gudgenby Jerrabomberra Molonglo Murrumbidgee Naas Orroral Paddys Queanbeyan Sullivans Tidbinbilla Tuggeranong Reservoirs Bendora Dam Corin Dam Cotter Dam Googong Dam Lake Burley Griffin Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Scrivener Dam Stranger Pond River islands Aspen Pine Spinnaker Springbank Category ·  Commons

Coordinates: 35°31′S 149°05′E / 35.517°S 149.083°E / -35.517; 149.083