Jacobs River (New South Wales)

Jacobs River
Tongaroo River^[1]
Jacobs River; Tongaroo River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains
Local government area	Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Snowy Mountains, Great Dividing Range
• location	near
• elevation	1,230 m (4,040 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Snowy River
• location	below Stockyard Ridge
• elevation	266 m (873 ft)
Length	26 km (16 mi)
Basin features
River system	Snowy River catchment
Tributaries
• left	Teatree Creek, Tuross Creek, Thatchers Hole Creek, Ingebirah Creek
• right	Connors Camp Creek
National park	Kosciuszko NP

The Jacobs River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features[]

The Jacobs River rises below Purgatory Hill within The Snowy Mountains Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, contained within the Kosciuszko National Park, on the western slopes of . The river flows generally west and then southeast, joined by five minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Snowy River below Stockyard Ridge. The river descends 966 metres (3,169 ft) over its 26 kilometres (16 mi) course.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Jacobs River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Tongaroo Or Jacobs River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

Coordinates: 36°45′S 148°27′E / 36.750°S 148.450°E / -36.750; 148.450

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[gnb-1] "Jacobs River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

[bonzle-2] "Map of Tongaroo Or Jacobs River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

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v t Rivers of the Southern Rivers catchment, New South Wales, Australia
Illawarra	Lake Illawarra Minnamurra Port Kembla Macquarie Rivulet
Shoalhaven	Corang Endrick Jerrabattgulla Kangaroo Mongarlowe Shoalhaven St Georges Basin Crooked
Eurobodalla	Araluen Back Bettowynd Bimberamala Buckenbowra Clyde Deua Moruya Queens Pound Tomaga Tuross Wadbilliga Yadboro Yowaka Yowrie
Far South Coast	Bega Bemboka Bermagui Brogo Dry Genoa Imlay Merrica Murrah Nadgee Nullica Nunnock Pambula Towamba Twofold Bay Wallagaraugh White Rock Wog Wog Wonboyn
Snowy River	Bendoc Berrima Bombala Burrungubugge Coolumbooka Delegate Eucumbene Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Plains Little Thredbo Maclaughlin Mowamba Pinch Queensborough Snowy Thredbo Undowah
Category

v t Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia
Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Bombala Bredbo Cooma Delegate Thredbo Village
Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Blue Cow Mountain Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Dalgety Dry Plain Guthega Jindabyne Michelago Nimmitabel Old Adaminaby Perisher Valley Pine Valley Rhine Falls Shannons Flat Smiggin Holes Wambrook
National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko National Park Valentine Falls
Rivers and other watercourses	Berrima Burrungubugge Cooma Back Eucumbene Goorudee Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Thredbo Mowamba Pinch Snowy River Thredbo
Dams and/or associated reservoirs	Eucumbene Guthega Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama
Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains
Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum
Main Article: Local government areas of New South Wales

Jacobs River (New South Wales)

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