The New Town Rivulet (commonly known as Newtown Creek) is a permanently flowing
creek
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* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
...
in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
,
Tasmania, that has as its
headwaters the
springs
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and snow water run-offs of
Mount Wellington Mount Wellington may refer to:
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* Mount Wellington (British Columbia), in Canada
* Mount Wellington (New York), in Otsego County, New York, United States
* Mount Wellington (Tasmania), in Tasmania, Australia
* Mount Wellington (Victoria) ...
.
Location
The New Town Rivulet flows from its headwaters though the Hobart suburbs of
Lenah Valley
Lenah Valley is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Wellington, north of the CBD between Mount Stuart, New Town and the City of Glenorchy.
Lenah Valley was originally known as Kangaroo Bottom, later Kangaro ...
and
New Town
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to
New Town Bay
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New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
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in the
River Derwent.
Headwaters
The rivulet is fed by a number of underground springs
[''Glenorchy's Creeks and Streams'' https://150.101.83.193/site/page.cfm?u=538] in the
Wellington Range
The Wellington Range is a mountain range located in the southeast region of Tasmania, Australia. The range is mainly composed of dolerite and features evidence of past glaciation.
Prominent features in the range include the dual-named ''Kuna ...
.
References
Rivers of Hobart
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