Rush Creek (New South Wales)

For other uses, see Rush Creek.

Rush The Rush Creek [1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Outer Metropolitan Sydney
Municipality	City of Hawkesbury
Physical characteristics
Source	Parr Ridge
• location	near Mile Ridge
• elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Mouth	confluence with Webbs Creek
• location	near Upper Macdonald
• elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Basin features
River system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
State conservation area	Parr SCA
[2] [3]

The Rush Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Outer Metropolitan Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course

The Rush Creek (officially designated as a river ^[1] ) rises about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of the Parr Spur Ridge Trigonometry Station, near Mile Ridge and east of the Putty Road. The river flows generally north-east by east before reaching its confluence with Webbs Creek in remote country within the Parr State Conservation Area, south-west of Upper Macdonald. The river descends 265 metres (869 ft) over its 20-kilometre (12 mi) course. ^[3]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Water portal
• Environment portal

• List of rivers of Australia
• List of rivers in New South Wales (L-Z)
• Rivers of New South Wales

References

1. "Rush Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Place Name Search: Rush Creek". Geoscience Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "Map of Rush Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Digital Atlas Pty Limited. 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

33°20′S150°46′E / 33.333°S 150.767°E / -33.333; 150.767