Crooked River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Region | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Illawarra |
Local government areas | Kiama |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Currys Mountain |
• location | southwest of Gerringong |
Mouth | Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean |
• location | Gerroa |
Length | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Basin size | 32 km2 (12 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Blue Angle Creek |
National park | Seven Mile Beach |
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The Crooked River, officially designated as a creek, [2] is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary [1] located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Crooked River rises to the southeast of Princes Highway and the South Coast railway line, west southwest of Currys Mountain and southwest of Gerringong. The creek flows generally east southeast and south for about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) reaching its mouth at Gerroa, where the creek borders Seven Mile Beach National Park and flows into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. [2]
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