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Viewed from Luddenham Road, Orchard Hills, 2013. | |
Etymology | Aboriginal Dharug: 'mother place'[1] |
Native name | Wianamatta (Dharuk)[1] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Region | Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney |
Local government areas | Camden, Liverpool, Penrith, Blacktown, Hawkesbury |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | former Oran Park Raceway |
• location | Oran Park |
• coordinates | 34°01′12″S 150°46′34″E / 34.020119°S 150.776058°E |
• elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Hawkesbury River |
• location | near Windsor |
• coordinates | 33°35′56″S 150°50′00″E / 33.598812°S 150.833253°E |
• elevation | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment |
Tributaries | |
• left | Badgerys Creek, Ropes Creek |
• right | Kemps Creek, Eastern Creek |
[2] |
The South Creek or Wianamatta[1] is a creek that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, located on the Cumberland Plain in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.