Wallagaraugh River | |
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Mouth of the Wallagaraugh River, inVictoria | |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
States | New South Wales,Victoria |
Region | South East Corner (IBRA),South Coast |
District | East Gippsland |
Local government areas | Bega Valley,East Gippsland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Poole |
• location | South Coast, New South Wales |
• coordinates | 37°12′S149°30′E / 37.200°S 149.500°E /-37.200; 149.500 |
• elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with theGenoa River |
• location | east ofGenoa,East Gippsland, Victoria |
• coordinates | 37°25′41″S149°42′50″E / 37.42806°S 149.71389°E /-37.42806; 149.71389 |
• elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
Length | 34 km (21 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Genoa River catchment |
Tributaries | |
• right | Wog Wog Creek, Letts Creek |
Nature reserve | Nadgee |
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TheWallagaraugh River is aperennial river of theGenoa River catchment, with its headwaters located in theSouth Coast region ofNew South Wales and its lower reaches located in theEast Gippsland region ofVictoria,Australia. In earlier times, an alternative name for the river wasTimbillica River.[4]
The Wallagaraugh River rises below Mount Poole, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Nungatta, in New South Wales. The river flows generally south, then east, and then south, crossing theBlack-Allan Line that forms part of the border between Victoria and New South Wales, joined by eight minortributaries and flowing throughNadgee Nature Reserve, before reaching itsconfluence with the Genoa River[1] at Coleman Inlet, east ofGenoa in Victoria.[2] The river descends 423 metres (1,388 ft) over its 66 kilometres (41 mi)course.[3]
North of the Black-Allan Line and within Nadgee State Forest, thePrinces Highway crosses the river.