Woronora River

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Woronora River
river
Woronora River
Name origin: Aboriginal Dharug language meaning 'black rocks'^[1]

Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Greater Metropolitan Sydney
Municipality	Sutherland Shire

Part of	Georges River
Tributaries
- left	Still Creek (New South Wales)
- right	Heathcote Creek, Forbes Creek (New South Wales)


Source	Waratah Rivulet
- location	near Darkes Forest
- elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Mouth	Georges River
- location	between Como and Illawong

Length	36 km (22 mi)
Basin	174 km² (67 sq mi)

Weirs and dams	Woronora Dam (1942)

Woronora River, a river that is a tributary of the Georges River, is located approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.

The Woronora River has its origin from Waratah Rivulet, near Darkes Forest, and generally flows north for approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) into its mouth at the Georges River, between Como and Illawong.

The total catchment area of the river is approximately 174 square kilometres (67 sq mi) and the area is generally administered by Sutherland Shire Council.^[2]

1 Crossings
2 Water supply
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Crossings [edit]

The river is crossed by high level and low level road bridges and a footbridge in Woronora, New South Wales. It is also crossed by a road bridge on Heathcote Rd, linking Heathcote and Holsworthy.

There is also a crossing at the area known as "The Needles", near Woronora Rd in Engadine, linking to Barden Ridge. This crossing is closed to vehicles.

Water supply [edit]

The river is dammed by Woronora Dam, which forms part of the water supply system for Sydney.

Gallery [edit]

Woronora Bridge, view towards Sutherland
The Woronora Bridge walkway.

References [edit]

^ "Woronora River". Geographical Names Resiter Extract. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. 14 May 1973. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ Acer Wargon Chapman (September 1995). "Woronora River Floodplain Management Study" (PDF). Sutherland Shire Council. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

External links [edit]

Woronora River Stormwater Management Plan, commissioned by Sutherland Shire Council, September 2000.
Woronora River Floodplain Management Study, commissioned by Sutherland Shire Council, September 1995.
The Woronora River at "The Great Kai'mia Way"
Map of Woronora River, NSW at Bonzle.com.

v t e Waterways of the Sydney Metropolitan catchment, New South Wales, Australia

Ocean inlets, harbours and bays	Botany Bay Broken Bay Middle Harbour Port Jackson Port Hacking

Rivers	Cooks Duck Georges Hacking Hawkesbury Lane Cove Nepean Parramatta Pittwater Woronora

Creeks	A'Becketts Archer Badgerys Bardwell Bare Berowra Bilgola Blaxland Boggywell Boundary Breakfast Brennans Brickmakers Bunbury Curran Byrnes Cabramatta Cahill Careel Carroll Charity Claremont Coal and Candle Cosgrove Cowan Coxs (Belfield) Cup and Saucer Deadmans Devlin Duck Eastern Erskine Forbes Frenchs Glenbrook Gore Haslams Iron Cove Johnstons Kemps Lowes McCarrs McKenzies McMahon's Maxwells Middle Harbour Mill O'Hares Orphan School Powells Prospect Punchbowl Rileys Ropes Saleyards Salt Pan Scout Smalls Smiths South Still Subiaco Tarban Terrys Thompsons Two Vineyard Werrington Whites Williams Wolli

Lagoons	Dee Why Curl Curl Manly Narrabeen

Canals and streams	Alexandra Canal Busby's Bore Hawthorne Canal Tank Stream

Reservoirs	Balmain Reservoir (disused) Lake Burragorang Prospect Reservoir Upper Nepean Scheme

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