The Cordeaux River, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury River-Nepean River 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
[ over its watercourse.]
The river is impounded by Lake Cordeaux, one of four within the Upper Nepean Scheme that supplies potable water for Sydney. Located near Ryans Crossing, approximately south-west of Sydney,
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".
See also
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List of rivers of Australia
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List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
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Rivers of New South Wales
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Upper Nepean Scheme
