Crooked River (New South Wales)

Crooked River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Illawarra
Local government areas	Kiama
Physical characteristics
Source	Currys Mountain
• location	southwest of Gerringong
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Gerroa
Length	8 km (5.0 mi)
Basin size	32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Blue Angle Creek
National park	Seven Mile Beach

The Crooked River, officially designated as a creek, is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.

Location and features

Crooked River rises to the southeast of Princes Highway and the South Coast railway line, west southwest of Currys Mountain and southwest of Gerringong. The creek flows generally east southeast and south for about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) reaching its mouth at Gerroa, where the creek borders Seven Mile Beach National Park and flows into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean.

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
• Rivers of New South Wales

External links

• "Illawarra catchments" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
• "Crooked River Hydrographic Survey" (PDF). Office of Environment and Heritage. 2001.