Tooma River

Tooma River
Overlooking Tooma River from Ardenside Road, Tooma
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales, Victoria
Region	IBRA: Australian Alps, Snowy Mountains, Victorian Alps
Local government areas	Tumbarumba, Towong
Physical characteristics
Source	Snowy Mountains
• location	Mount Jagungal, New South Wales
• elevation	1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Murray River
• location	near Tintaldra, Victoria
• elevation	236 m (774 ft)
Length	74 km (46 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murray River, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Bulls Head Creek, Broadway Creek, Little River (Snowy Mountains), Yellow Bog Creek, Taylors Creek
• right	Pugilistic Creek, Hell Hole Creek, Tumbarumba Creek
Reservoir	Tooma Reservoir
[1][2]

Tooma River, a perennial stream^[1] that has had some of its flow diverted as a result of the Snowy Mountains Scheme,^[3] is part of the Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin and is located in the Australian Alpine region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

The river rises near Mount Jagungal on the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains and its natural flow drains generally north, then west before turning south, joined by eight tributaries including the Tumbarumba Creek, and reaching its confluence with the Murray River between the villages of Tooma and Tintaldra; descending 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) over its 74 kilometres (46 mi) course.^[1][2]

The Tooma Reservoir, part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, captures water in the headwaters of the Tooma River, and diverts some of the water to the Tumut Pondage on the Tumut River, where the water is used to generate electricity in the sequence of hydro-electric power stations along the length of the Tumut River. This diversion results in a transfer of water from the Murray River catchment (which includes the Tooma River), to the Murrumbidgee River catchment (which includes the Tumut River). However, a compensating opposite transfer from the Murrumbidgee to the Murray basins is made using a different part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• List of rivers of Australia
• Snowy Mountains
• Rivers of New South Wales

References

1. "Tooma River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
2. "Map of Tooma River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
3. Thoms, Martin; Suter, Phil; Roberts, Jane; Koehn, John; et al. (June 2000). "Report of the River Murray Scientific Panel on Environmental Flows" (PDF). Murray–Darling Basin Commission. p. 26. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

External links

• "Murray River catchment (NSW)" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
• Snowy Flow Response Monitoring and Modelling Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954). Announcement of the Snowy River Scheme and planned diversion. 15 February 1949.
• Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Agreements Act 1958 No 20

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