River in New South Wales, Australia
The Cordeaux River , a perennial river of the Hawkesbury -Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands and Macarthur regions of New South Wales , Australia .
Course
The Cordeaux River rises on the western slopes of the Illawarra escarpment , below Mount Keira within the Wollongong local government area and flows generally north and northwest, joined by the Avon River , before reaching its confluence with the Nepean River , south of Wilton . The river descends 168 metres (551 ft)[1] over its 37-kilometre (23 mi) course .[2]
The river is impounded by Lake Cordeaux , one of four reservoirs within the Upper Nepean Scheme that supplies potable water for greater metropolitan Sydney . Located near Ryans Crossing, approximately 94 kilometres (58 mi) south-west of Sydney,[3] construction of the dam wall on the Cordeaux River commenced in 1918 and was completed in 1926.
Locality
The "address locality" of Cordeaux is defined as a suburb of the City of Wollongong , "lying beside the Cordeaux River between Lake Cordeaux and Upper Cordeaux No 1 Dam".[4] At the 2016 census , it had no population.[5]
See also
References
34°16′S 150°41′E / 34.267°S 150.683°E / -34.267; 150.683
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