Eastern Creek (New South Wales)

This article is about the watercourse. For the suburb, see Eastern Creek, New South Wales.
Eastern
Creek[1]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Local government areas Holroyd, Fairfield, Blacktown
Part of Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Tributaries
 - left Reedy Creek, Angus Creek, Bells Creek
 - right Bungarribee Creek, Breakfast Creek, Burdekin Creek, Quakers Creek
Source below Sugarloaf Ridge
 - location near Smithfield
 - elevation 116 m (381 ft)
Mouth confluence with South Creek
 - location Vineyard
 - elevation 3 m (10 ft)
Length 30 km (19 mi)
Basin 36.22 km2 (14 sq mi)
Nature reserve Nurragingy Reserve
[2]

Eastern Creek, a watercourse[1] that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Eastern Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, below Sugarloaf Ridge about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west by north of Smithfield. The creek flows generally north, joined by the Reedy, Angus, Bungarribee, Breakfast, Burdekin, Quakers, and Bells creeks, before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of Vineyard. The creek descends 113 metres (371 ft) over its 30 kilometres (19 mi) course.[2]

Eastern Creek is transversed by the M4 Western Motorway and the Great Western Highway between Prospect and Eastern Creek; and the Western railway line west of Doonside.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eastern Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Eastern Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2013.


Coordinates: 33°45′S 150°52′E / 33.750°S 150.867°E / -33.750; 150.867


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