Numeralla River

Numeralla Umaralla River
Location of the mouth of the Numeralla River in New South Wales
Etymology	Aboriginal: valley of plenty
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Monaro
Municipality	Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Kybeyan Range
• location	east of Nimmitabel
• coordinates	36°30′27″S 149°25′20″E
• elevation	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Mouth	Murrumbidgee River
• location	north of Cooma
• coordinates	36°3′56″S 149°9′1″E
• elevation	706 m (2,316 ft)
Length	94 km (58 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Kybeyan River, Big Badja River
• right	Rock Flat Creek

The Numeralla River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.

The name of the river is claimed to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning "valley of plenty", but Flavia Hodges has called this etymology "highly suspect."

Course

Numeralla River
source Jarake Road Greenlands Road Greenlands Swamp Creek Kybeyan Road Winifred Creek Gallows Creek Grannys Flat Creek Dangelong Road Mowles Creek Dangelong Creek Halls Creek Mount Forest Road Stony Creek Dry Creek Lease Gully Lambing Gully Kybeyan River Bill Kings Creek Cooma Street, Numeralla Big Badja River Green Creek Kings Creek Rose Valley Road Dodds Creek Rock Flat Creek Chakola Road Christos Creek Bombala railway line Monaro Highway Murrumbidgee River

The river rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the village of Nimmitabel, and flows generally north and west, joined by eight tributaries including the Kybeyan and Big Badja rivers before reaching its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River, south of Bredbo and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Cooma; descending 367 metres (1,204 ft) over its 93-kilometre (58 mi) course.

The river is a diverse ecosystem rich with many different animal species such as the uncommonly seen Wanderer's Kingfisher and the Kiora frog. Its native freshwater fish fauna had been entirely replaced by introduced trout species, now replaced by the introduced European carp species; a common situation in south-east Australia.

Alluvial gold was discovered in and along the river in 1858, with the diggings worked until 1868.

See also

• List of rivers of New South Wales (L-Z)
• List of rivers of Australia
• Rivers of New South Wales