Eastern Creek (New South Wales)

This article is about the watercourse. For the suburb, see Eastern Creek, New South Wales.

Eastern Creek, a watercourse^[2] that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Eastern Creek
at Nurragingy Reserve
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Local government areas	Cumberland, Fairfield, Blacktown
Physical characteristics
Source	below Sugarloaf Ridge
• location	near Smithfield
• coordinates	33°51′48″S 150°51′39″E
• elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Mouth	confluence with South Creek
• location	Vineyard
• coordinates	33°38′38″S 150°49′39″E
• elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Basin size	36.22 km2 (13.98 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Tributaries
• left	Reedy Creek, Angus Creek, Bells Creek
• right	Bungarribee Creek, Breakfast Creek, Burdekin Creek, Quakers Creek
Nature reserve	Nurragingy Reserve
[1]

Course and features

Eastern Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, below Sugarloaf Ridge at Western Sydney Regional Park about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west by north of Smithfield. The creek flows generally north, joined by the Reedy, Angus, Bungarribee, Breakfast, Burdekin, Quakers, and Bells creeks, before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of Vineyard. The creek descends 113 metres (371 ft) over its 30 kilometres (19 mi) course.^[1]

Eastern Creek is transversed by the M4 Western Motorway and the Great Western Highway between Prospect and Eastern Creek; and the Western railway line west of Doonside.

See also

• New South Wales portal

• Rivers of New South Wales