Bilgola Creek

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Bilgola Creek
Bulgola Creek [1]
Bilgola Creek
Etymology Aboriginal: belgoula, meaning "swirling waters", or perhaps "a pretty beach with steep slopes, studded with cabbage palms". [2]
Location
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Region Sydney basin (IBRA), Northern Beaches
Local government areas Northern Beaches Council
Physical characteristics
SourceBilgola Escarpment
  location Bilgola Plateau
Mouth confluence with the Tasman Sea
  location
Bilgola Beach
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length0.5 km (0.31 mi)
[3]

Bilgola Creek is an urban gully [1] or open channel that is located in the northern beaches region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Course and features

Bilgola Creek rises about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Bilgola Head and flows generally east by south, from the Bilgola Escarpment through Littoral rainforest, coastal woodland and coastal clay heath communities directly out onto Bilgola Beach and into the Tasman Sea. A smaller ephemeral creek line also flows down from the escarpment at the northern end of Bilgola Beach.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bilgola Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 December 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "id.com.au". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "Coastal Erosion Emergency Action Subplan for Bilgola Beach (Bilgola) and Basin Beach (Mona Vale)" (PDF). WorleyParsons . Pittwater Council. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

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