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The Merrica River is an intermediate intermittently closed saline coastal lagoon[2] or perennial river[3] located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Merrica River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast
Local government area	Bega Valley
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Nadgee
• elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Disaster Bay
Length	19 km (12 mi)
Basin size	60.5 km2 (23.4 sq mi)
Depth
• average	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Daylight Creek
• right	Wombat Creek
[1][2][3]

Course and features

Merrica River rises on the northern slopes of Mount Nadgee within the Nadgee Nature Reserve; located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Tumbledown Mountain. The river flows generally northeast before reaching its mouth with the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, emptying into Disaster Bay.[3] The river descends 230 metres (750 ft) over its 19 kilometres (12 mi) course.[1]

The catchment area of the river is 60.5 square kilometres (23.4 sq mi) with a volume of 48.5 megalitres (1.71×10^⁶ cu ft) over a surface area of 0.1 square kilometres (0.039 sq mi), at an average depth of 0.4 metres (1 ft 4 in).[4]

See also

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

References

External links

• "Towamba & Genoa catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

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