Tooma River

Tooma River
Overlooking Tooma River from Ardenside Road, Tooma
Map
Location
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales, Victoria
RegionIBRA: Australian Alps, Snowy Mountains, Victorian Alps
Local government areasTumbarumba, Towong
Physical characteristics
SourceSnowy Mountains
 • locationMount Jagungal, New South Wales
 • elevation1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Murray River
 • location
near Tintaldra, Victoria
 • elevation
236 m (774 ft)
Length74 km (46 mi)
Basin features
River systemMurray River, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries 
 • leftBulls Head Creek, Broadway Creek, Little River (Snowy Mountains), Yellow Bog Creek, Taylors Creek
 • rightPugilistic Creek, Hell Hole Creek, Tumbarumba Creek
ReservoirTooma Reservoir
[1][2]

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.

  1. ^ a b "Tooma River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Map of Tooma River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ Thoms, Martin; Suter, Phil; Roberts, Jane; Koehn, John; et al. (June 2000). "Report of the River Murray Scientific Panel on Environmental Flows" (PDF). Murray–Darling Basin Commission. p. 26. Retrieved 24 January 2013.