Mowamba River

Mowamba River Moonbah River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains
Local government area	Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Physical characteristics
Source	Snowy Mountains, Great Dividing Range
• location	near Mount Terrible
• elevation	1,360 m (4,460 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Snowy River
• location	near Jindabyne
• elevation	853 m (2,799 ft)
Length	32 km (20 mi)
Basin features
River system	Snowy River catchment
Tributaries
• left	Tulon Creek
• right	Grosses Plain Creek
National park	Kosciuszko NP

The Mowamba River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The Mowamba River rises within The Snowy Mountains Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, contained within the Kosciuszko National Park, on the northeastern slopes of Mount Terrible. The river flows generally south then northeast by east, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Snowy River approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Jindabyne, in the Jindabyne Gorge. The river descends 507 metres (1,663 ft) over its 32 kilometres (20 mi) course.

Water management

Water from the Mowamba River is diverted to Jindabyne Dam via the Mowamba weir and aqueduct; that is part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

On 28 August 2002, the Mowamba Weir was "turned out" allowing environmental water to over top the weir. Environmental water releases occurred until January 2006. Since January 2006, environmental water releases to the Snowy River have occurred from Jindabyne Dam as the infrastructure upgrades to the dam wall had been completed.

See also

• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• List of rivers of Australia
• Rivers of New South Wales

External links

• Snowy Flow Response Monitoring and Modelling