Coxs | |
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![]() Coxs River near Mount Cookem | |
Etymology | In honour of William Cox[1] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Region | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Central Tablelands, Blue Mountains, Macarthur |
Local government areas | Blue Mountains, Lithgow, Wollondilly |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gardiners Gap, within Ben Bullen State Forest |
• location | Cullen Bullen |
• elevation | 1,040 m (3,410 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with Warragamba River to form Lake Burragorang |
• elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
Length | 155 km (96 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment |
Tributaries | |
• left | Blackheath Creek, Pulpit Hill Creek, Megalong Creek, Galong Creek, Breakfast Creek (New South Wales), Cedar Creek (New South Wales), Kedumba River |
• right | Ganbenang Creek, Long Swamp Creek, Little River (Oberon), Jenolan River, Kanangra Creek, Kowmung River, Wollondilly River, Butchers Creek |
Bridges |
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Reservoirs | Lake Wallace, Lake Lyell, Lake Burragorang |
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The Coxs River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Central Tablelands, Blue Mountains, and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia.