Dora Creek

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Dora Creek
Dora creek [1]
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Dora Creek, view from behind Avondale College
Dora Creek
Etymology Aboriginal: "Creek running into a lake" [2]
Native nameDoree Doree [2]
Location
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Region Hunter
Local government area City of Lake Macquarie
Physical characteristics
Source Watagan Mountains
 • location Martinsville
 • elevation40 m (130 ft)
Mouth Lake Macquarie
 • location
 Dora Creek
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length22.5 km (14.0 mi) [3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftJigadee Creek
 • right Stockton Creek
National park Watagans
[1] [4]

Dora Creek is a watercourse that is located in Greater Newcastle in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Course and features

Dora Creek River rises below Watagan Mountains west of Martinsville, and flows generally southeast by south, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its river mouth within Lake Macquarie, near the town of Dora Creek. The river descends 40 metres (130 ft) over its 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) course. [1] [4]

The merged flows of Dora Creek together with Lake Macquarie reaches the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean at Swansea. [4]

The F3 Freeway crosses the creek, west of Morisset. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dora Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Read, Clive (2008). "Dora Creek Street Names" (PDF). City of Lake Macquarie . Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Extract – Geographical Names Board of NSW". gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Map of Dora Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

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