Delegate River

For the locality of the same name, see Delegate River, Victoria.

The Delegate River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine regions of the states of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.

Delegate Delegete,[1] Delegate River East Branch,[2] Delegate River West Branch[3]
Mouth of the Delegate River in New South Wales
Location
Country	Australia
States	Victoria, New South Wales
Region	Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps, Snowy Mountains
LGAs	East Gippsland, Snowy Monaro
Physical characteristics
Source	Gunmark Range, Errinundra Plateau
• location	near Goongerah, East Gippsland, Victoria
• coordinates	37°07′56″S 148°46′37″E
• elevation	1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Snowy River
• location	Delegate, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
• coordinates	35°46′S 148°21′E
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Basin features
River system	Snowy River
Tributaries
• left	Bidwell Creek, Snake Gully, Sawpit Creek, Brownlies Creek, Gibraltar Creek (New South Wales), Basin Creek, Tombong Creek
• right	Hutchinson Creek, Boundary Creek (New South Wales), Riverview Creek, Haydens Bog Creek, Little Plains River, Mother Moores Creek, Bombala River, Slaughter House Creek
National parks	Errinundra NP, Kosciuszko NP
[1][4]

Course and features

The Delegate River rises below Cob Hill within Errinundra National Park on the north western slopes of Gunmark Range, part of the Errinundra Plateau, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east northeast of Goongerah, in East Gippsland, Victoria. The river flows generally north, east southeast, northeast, north, and then northwest, flowing across the part of the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria, joined by sixteen tributaries including the Little Plains River and the Bombala River, before reaching its confluence with the Snowy River, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north northeast of Tombong, north of the town of Delegate^[1] and west northwest of the town of Bombala. The river descends 643 metres (2,110 ft) over its 127-kilometre (79 mi) course.^[4]

See also

• Australia portal
• New South Wales portal

• Delegate River Diversion Tunnel
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
• List of rivers of Australia
• Rivers of New South Wales

References

1. "Delegate River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
2. "Delegate River East Branch: 615536". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
3. "Delegate River West Branch: 615537". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
4. "Map of Delegate River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

External links

• "Snowy River sub-catchment". East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. Government of Victoria.
• "Snowy River – Catchment Map" (map). East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. Government of Victoria.
• East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (2013). East Gippsland regional catchment strategy 2013 -2019 (PDF). Bairnsdale: East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. ISBN 978-0-9758164-6-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.