Burke River (New South Wales)

Burke
Wombat Creek^[1]
Burke; Wombat Creek
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Southern Highlands
Municipality	Wingecarribee
Physical characteristics
Source	Southern Highlands
• location	near Mount Murray
• elevation	635 m (2,083 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Nepean River
• location	near Yerrinbool
• elevation	324 m (1,063 ft)
Length	22 km (14 mi)
Basin features
River system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Tributaries
• right	Little Burke River (New South Wales)
Reservoir	Lake Nepean

The Burke River, a watercourse^[1] that is part of the Nepean River catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia.

The Burke River rises on the western slopes of Macquarie Pass, below Mount Murray, and flows generally to the north, before reaching its confluence with the Nepean River, as it is impounded by Lake Nepean. The river descends 312 metres (1,024 ft) over its 22-kilometre (14 mi) course.^[2]

The river flows within the Water Supply Reserve of Greater Sydney.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Burke River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Burke River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

Coordinates: 34°27′S 150°35′E / 34.450°S 150.583°E / -34.450; 150.583

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[gnb-1] "Burke River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[bonzle-2] "Burke River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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v t River systems and rivers of Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
Central Coast	Avoca Lake Budgewoi Lake Lake Macquarie Lake Munmorah Ourimbah Terrigal Lagoon Tuggerah Lake Wamberal Lagoon Wyong Dora
Hawkesbury-Nepean	Avon Bargo Bedford Burke Capertee Cataract Colo Coorongooba Cordeaux Coxs Du Faur Erskine Grose Hawkesbury Hollanders Jenolan Jooriland Kanangra Kedumba Kowmung Little (Oberon) Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Macdonald Mangrove Mogo Mooney Mooney Mulwaree Nattai Nepean Paddys Pittwater River Lett Rush Tarlo Tonalli Tuglow Warragamba Webbs Wingecarribee Wolgan Wollangambe Wollemi Wollondilly Berowra South
Sydney Metropolitan	Cooks Duck Georges Hacking Lane Cove Parramatta Woronora A'Becketts Archer Badgerys Bardwell Bare Bells Berowra Bilgola Blaxland Boggywell Breakfast Cabramatta Charity Clear Paddock Creek Coal and Candle Cowan Coxs (Belfield) Cup and Saucer Darling Mills Devlin Duck Eastern Erskine Glenbrook Gore Haslams Iron Cove Johnstons Kemps Middle Harbour Orphan School Orphan School (Fairfield) Powells Prospect Reedy Ropes Saleyards Salt Pan Scout Smalls Smiths South Still Subiaco Tarban Terrys Toongabbie Vineyard Whites Wolli
Category

v t Southern Highlands region, New South Wales, Australia
Main towns	Bowral Bundanoon Mittagong Moss Vale Robertson
Villages, small towns and localities	Alpine Avoca Aylmerton Balaclava Balmoral Bangadilly Belanglo Berrima Bong Bong Braemar Bullio Burradoo Burrawang Calwalla Canyonleigh Colo Vale East Bowral East Kangaloon Exeter Fitzroy Falls Glenquarry High Range Hill Top Hoddles Cross Roads Joadja Kangaloon Lower Mittagong Manchester Square Mandemar Medway Meryla Mount Murray Myra Vale New Berrima Paddys River Penrose Sutton Forest Wattle Ridge Welby Werai Wildes Meadow Willow Vale Wingello Woodlands Yarrunga Yerrinbool
National parks and reserves	Bangadilly NP Budawang NP Budderoo NP Belanglo SF Cecil Hoskins NR Macquarie Pass NP Morton NP Nattai NP Stingray Swamp FR Tarlo River NP Wingello SF Wombeyan Caves
Rivers and reservoirs	Burke Lake Burragorang Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Mulwaree Nattai Paddys Shoalhaven Scheme Tarlo Warragamba Dam Warragamba Wingecarribee Wollondilly Upper Nepean Scheme
Tourist attractions	Belmore Falls Carrington Falls Fitzroy Falls

Burke River (New South Wales)

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