Kedumba River

Kedumba Kedumba Creek (Part), Katoomba Creek (Part)[1]
Kedumba River descending into the Jamison Valley over the Katoomba Falls, viewed from Scenic World, Katoomba, 2013.
Location of the Keduma River mouth in Lake Burragorang, New South Wales
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Blue Mountains, Macarthur
LGAs	Blue Mountains, Wollondilly
Physical characteristics
Source	Blue Mountains
• location	Walford Park, Katoomba, Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
• coordinates	33°42′54″S 150°18′23″E / 33.71500°S 150.30639°E / -33.71500; 150.30639
• elevation	556 m (1,824 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Coxs River to form Lake Burragorang
• location	Policeman Point, Warragamba
• coordinates	33°51′21″S 150°20′27″E / 33.85583°S 150.34083°E / -33.85583; 150.34083
• elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Basin features
River system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Waterfalls	Katoomba Cascades, Katoomba Falls
National park	Blue Mountains National Park
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The Kedumba River, a perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The Kedumba Creek rises on the eastern side of Walford Park, Katoomba and flows generally south over the Katoomba Cascades, Katoomba Falls, and off the Blue Mountains Range, becoming the Kedumba River below the Three Sisters flowing through the Jamison and Kedumba valleys within the Blue Mountains National Park, before reaching its confluence with the Coxs River within Lake Burragorang. The river descends 178 metres (584 ft) over its 20-kilometre (12 mi) course.^[2]

See also

• Gandangara people
• List of rivers of Australia
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
• Rivers of New South Wales

References

"Jamison Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.

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