Cordeaux River

Cordeaux
River[1]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney Basin (IBRA), Southern Highlands, Macarthur
Municipalities Wollongong, Wollondilly
Part of Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Tributaries
 - left Avon River (Wollongong)
Source Illawarra escarpment
 - location below Mount Keira
 - elevation 315 m (1,033 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Nepean River
 - location near Wilton
 - elevation 147 m (482 ft)
Length 32 km (20 mi)
Reservoir Lake Cordeaux
[2]

The Cordeaux River, a perennial river of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course

The Cordeaux River rises on the western slopes of the Illawarra escarpment, below Mount Keira within the Wollongong local government area and flows generally north and northwest, joined by the Avon River, before reaching its confluence with the Nepean River, south of Wilton. The river descends 168 metres (551 ft)[2] over its 37-kilometre (23 mi) course.[1]

The river is impounded by Lake Cordeaux, one of four reservoirs within the Upper Nepean Scheme that supplies potable water for greater metropolitan Sydney. Located near Ryans Crossing, approximately 94 kilometres (58 mi) south-west of Sydney,[3] construction of the dam wall on the Cordeaux River commenced in 1918 and was completed in 1926.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cordeaux River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Cordeaux River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Upper Nepean dams – Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon, Nepean". Visiting dams. Sydney Catchment Authority. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

Coordinates: 34°16′S 150°41′E / 34.267°S 150.683°E / -34.267; 150.683

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