Duck Creek (Clyde, New South Wales)

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A section of Duck Creek in Clyde, New South Wales
Location
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Region Sydney
Municipalities City of Parramatta, Cumberland Council
Physical characteristics
Mouth A'Becketts Creek
  location
Clyde
  coordinates
33°49′46.9554″S151°1′22.26″E / 33.829709833°S 151.0228500°E / -33.829709833; 151.0228500
Basin features
River system Parramatta River catchment
Tributaries 
  rightLittle Duck Creek

Duck Creek is a perennial stream and a southern tributary of A'Becketts Creek and part of the Parramatta River catchment, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Geography

Sections of its upper reaches in Guildford and Merrylands have been channelized and piped underground as it passes under roads, playing fields and through housing development. It then flows through the suburbs of Granville and Clyde where it joins with A'Becketts Creek. In its lower reaches it is a tidal creek.

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