Billabong Creek | |
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Etymology | Aboriginal: an effluent from a river, sometimes separated from it, sometimes being joined again at time of flood.[1][3] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
IBRA | South West Slopes |
Local government area | Junee |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | Ironbong and Turveys Falls Creeks |
• location | near Illabo |
• elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Murrumbidgee River |
• location | east of Wantabadgery, west of Gundagai |
• elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
Length | 44 km (27 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin |
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The Billabong Creek, a perennial river[1] of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.