Goodradigbee River

Goodradigbee
Little River, Murray Creek
River
Goodradigbee River in the Brindabella Valley
Name origin: meaning "water running over rocks"
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Regions	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Capital Country, Riverina
Local government areas	Tumut, Yass
Part of	Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
- left	Coleman Creek (New South Wales), Bull Flat Creek, Bramina Creek, Horse Creek (New South Wales), Dinnertime Creek, Limestone Creek (New South Wales), Lousy Gully, Micalong Creek, Wee Jasper Creek
- right	Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek, Sugarloaf Creek
Town	Wee Jasper
Landmark	Brindabella Valley
Source	Snowy Mountains
- location	near Mount Morgan
- elevation	1,650 m (5,413 ft)
- coordinates
Mouth	confluence with the Murrumbidgee River
- location	Lake Burrinjuck
- elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
- coordinates
Length	105 km (65 mi)
Area	110,100 km2 (42,510 sq mi)
Reservoir	Lake Burrinjuck
Location of the Goodgradigbee River mouth in New South Wales

Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Bridge at Wee Jasper.

The river rises below Mount Morgan on the northern side of the Snowy Mountains at 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor tributaries towards its mouth at the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River at Lake Burrinjuck; dropping 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) over the course of the river's length of 105 kilometres (65 mi).

The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park. The catchment is 110,100 hectares (272,000 acres) in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into Tantangara Reservoir via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed.

In 1968 the National Capital Development Commission considered building a dam at Brindabella Valley for the purpose of sending water into the Cotter River via a tunnel.

The bridge over the Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper was completed in 1896 and is heritage-listed as being an early example of an Allan type timber truss road bridge.

See also

• List of rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K)