Goodradigbee River facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Goodradigbee
Goodradigbee River in the Brindabella Valley
Location of the Goodgradigbee River mouth in New South Wales
Other name(s)	Little River, Murray Creek
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Capital Country, Riverina
LGAs	Tumut, Yass
Town	Wee Jasper
Physical characteristics
Main source	Snowy Mountains near Mount Morgan 1,650 m (5,410 ft) 35°43′27″S 148°47′29″E / 35.72417°S 148.79139°E / -35.72417; 148.79139
River mouth	confluence with the Murrumbidgee River Lake Burrinjuck 345 m (1,132 ft) 35°00′S 148°38′E / 35.000°S 148.633°E / -35.000; 148.633
Length	105 km (65 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries	Left: Coleman Creek (New South Wales), Bull Flat Creek, Bramina Creek, Horse Creek (New South Wales), Dinnertime Creek, Limestone Creek (New South Wales), Lousy Gully, Micalong Creek, Wee Jasper Creek Right: Rolling Grounds Creek, Blackfellows Creek, Brindabella Creek, Flea Creek, Betty Brook Creek, Sugarloaf Creek
Reservoir	Lake Burrinjuck

Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Bridge at Wee Jasper.

The river rises below Mount Morgan on the northern side of the Snowy Mountains at 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) and flows generally north west, joined by fifteen minor tributaries towards its mouth at the confluence with the Murrumbidgee River at Lake Burrinjuck; dropping 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) over the course of the river's length of 105 kilometres (65 mi).

The majority of the catchment (95%) is forested with the upper catchment within the Kosciuszko National Park. The catchment is 110,100 hectares (272,000 acres) in area. Some water from the upper reaches of the river is diverted into Tantangara Reservoir via an aqueduct, but otherwise the river is not dammed.

In 1968 the National Capital Development Commission considered building a dam at Brindabella Valley for the purpose of sending water into the Cotter River via a tunnel.

The bridge over the Goodradigbee at Wee Jasper was completed in 1896 and is heritage-listed as being an early example of an Allan type timber truss road bridge.