Tooma River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales, Victoria |
Region | IBRA: Australian Alps, Snowy Mountains, Victorian Alps |
Local government areas | Tumbarumba, Towong |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Snowy Mountains |
• location | Mount Jagungal, New South Wales |
• elevation | 1,590 m (5,220 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Murray River |
• location | near Tintaldra, Victoria |
• elevation | 236 m (774 ft) |
Length | 74 km (46 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Murray River, Murray–Darling basin |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bulls Head Creek, Broadway Creek, Little River (Snowy Mountains), Yellow Bog Creek, Taylors Creek |
• right | Pugilistic Creek, Hell Hole Creek, Tumbarumba Creek |
Reservoir | Tooma Reservoir |
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Tooma River, a perennial stream[1] that has had some of its flow diverted as a result of the Snowy Mountains Scheme,[3] is part of the Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is located in the Australian Alpine region of New South Wales, Australia.