| Tooma River | |
|---|---|
 Overlooking Tooma River from Ardenside Road,Tooma | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales,Victoria |
| Region | IBRA:Australian Alps,Snowy Mountains,Victorian Alps |
| Local government areas | Tumbarumba,Towong |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Snowy Mountains |
| • location | Mount Jagungal,New South Wales |
| • elevation | 1,590 m (5,220 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with theMurray River |
• location | nearTintaldra,Victoria |
• elevation | 236 m (774 ft) |
| Length | 74 km (46 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Murray River,Murray–Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bulls Head Creek, Broadway Creek, Little River (Snowy Mountains), Yellow Bog Creek, Taylors Creek |
| • right | Pugilistic Creek, Hell Hole Creek,Tumbarumba Creek |
| Reservoir | Tooma Reservoir |
| [1][2] | |
Tooma River, aperennial stream[1] that has had some of its flow diverted as a result of theSnowy Mountains Scheme,[3] is part of theMurray catchment within theMurray–Darling basin and is located in theAustralian Alpine region ofNew South Wales,Australia.
The river rises nearMount Jagungal on the western slopes of theSnowy Mountains and its natural flow drains generally north, then west before turning south, joined by eighttributaries including theTumbarumba Creek, and reaching itsconfluence with theMurray River between the villages ofTooma andTintaldra; descending 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) over its 74 kilometres (46 mi)course.[1][2]
TheTooma Reservoir, part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, captures water in the headwaters of the Tooma River, and diverts some of the water to theTumut Pondage on theTumut River, where the water is used to generate electricity in the sequence ofhydro-electric power stations along the length of the Tumut River. This diversion results in a transfer of water from the Murray River catchment (which includes the Tooma River), to theMurrumbidgee River catchment (which includes the Tumut River). However, a compensating opposite transfer from the Murrumbidgee to the Murray basins is made using a different part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.[citation needed]
36°04′S148°00′E / 36.067°S 148.000°E /-36.067; 148.000
