The Billabong Creek, a partly
perennial stream
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[ of the ]Murray River
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catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Riverina
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region of New South Wales
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At (with some estimates ranging up to [), Billabong Creek is believed to be the longest creek in the world.]
Course and features
Formed by the confluence of the Yarra Yarra Creek and Little Billabong Creek, Billabong Creek rises on the Great Dividing Range, north of Holbrook Holbrook may refer to:
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, and flows generally west, northwest, and west, joined by sixteen minor tributaries
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before reaching its confluence with the Edward River
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The river rises at Picnic Point east of Mathoura, a ...
, at Moulamein
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. The creek descends [ over its course.
From source to mouth, the creek passes through the towns of Morven, ]Culcairn
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, Walbundrie, Rand
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, Jerilderie
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, Conargo, Wanganella, and Moulamein.
The creek has a catchment area of and is the main present drainage line between the Murray and the Murrumbidgee rivers.paleovalley
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that extends for about from Garryowen (near Holbrook) to Walla Walla Walla Walla can refer to:
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.
Gallery
File:BillabongCreekRand.JPG, Billabong Creek at Rand
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File:BillabongCreekWanganella.JPG, Billabong Creek at Wanganella
See also
* List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K)
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* Rivers of New South Wales
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References
External links
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Map of the Billabong Creek
NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group
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Rivers of New South Wales
Murray-Darling basin
Rivers in the Riverina