Yass River

Yass Cohen Creek[1]
A railway bridge over the Yass River.
Location of the Yass River mouth in New South Wales
Etymology	An Aborigine's comments to Hamilton Hume: "Yass boss, plains"; Comments to Hume: "Yas, yas, plenty of clear country here"; Aboriginal (Gundungura): Yarrh or Yharr, a name for the river [2]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Riverina, Southern Tablelands, South Western Slopes
LGAs	Queanbeyan–Palerang, Yass Valley
City	Yass
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	near Wamboin
• elevation	758 m (2,487 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Murrumbidgee River
• location	Lake Burrinjuck
• coordinates	34°52′36″S 148°46′55″E / 34.87667°S 148.78194°E / -34.87667; 148.78194
• elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Length	139 km (86 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Back Creek (New South Wales), Murrumbateman Creek
• right	Cohen Creek, Black Joes Creek, Bungendore Creek, Brooks Creek, Derringullen Creek
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The Yass River, a perennial river^[1] that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Southern Tablelands and South Western Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia.