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| Shoalhaven River | |
|---|---|
 Shoalhaven River, near the Great Dividing Range, west of Batemans Bay. | |
  Location of the Shoalhaven River mouth in New South Wales | |
| Etymology | "Shoals Haven" (Bass in 1797).[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Southern Tablelands, South Coast |
| LGAs | Palerang, Shoalhaven |
| Cities | Nowra, Bomaderry |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Euranbene Mountain, Great Dividing Range |
| • location | west of Bendethera |
| • coordinates | 35°58′15″S 149°38′3″E / 35.97083°S 149.63417°E |
| • elevation | 864 m (2,835 ft) |
| Mouth | Tasman Sea, Pacific Ocean |
• location | Shoalhaven Heads |
• coordinates | 34°51′S 150°44′E / 34.850°S 150.733°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 327 km (203 mi) |
| Basin size | 7,086 km2 (2,736 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 63.1 m3/s (1,990 GL/a)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Kangaroo River |
| • right | Mongarlowe River, Corang River, Endrick River |
| Islands | Pig (Burraga), Comerong |
| [3] | |
The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary[4] near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AWReedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "East Coastal Watersheds".
- ^ "Map of Shoalhaven River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ Roy, P. S; Williams, R. J; Jones, A. R; Yassini, I; et al. (2001). "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries". Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science. 53 (3): 351–384. Bibcode:2001ECSS...53..351R. doi:10.1006/ecss.2001.0796.