The Kybeyan River, a
watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams a ...
that is part of the
Murrumbidgee catchment within the
Murray–Darling basin
The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of ...
, is located in the
Monaro region of
New South Wales
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Australia.
The river rises on the western slopes of the
Great Dividing Range, near Greenland Swamp, and flows generally north and north-west, joined by three
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
before reaching its
confluence with the
Numeralla River
The Numeralla River, a perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.
The name of the river is claimed to derive from an Aboriginal ...
, near Warrens Corner; descending over its
course.
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See also
* List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
This is the first part of a list of rivers of New South Wales, Australia. With List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z) it includes all 439 rivers, as of 7 June 2008, listed by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales in the Geographic ...
* List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Murray-Darling basin
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