Cudgegong River

Cudgegong River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central western and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia.

Cudgegong River Mudgee River[1]
Cudgegong River at Mudgee
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Central West, Orana
Municipalities	Mid-Western, Wellington
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	near Rylstone in Wollemi National Park
• elevation	766 m (2,513 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Macquarie River
• location	Lake Burrendong
• elevation	341 m (1,119 ft)
Length	250 km (160 mi)
Basin features
River system	Macquarie River, Murray–Darling basin
Reservoirs	Rylstone Reservoir, Lake Windamere, Lake Burrendong
[2]

The river rises of the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range within Wollemi National Park, east of Rylstone, and flows generally west, north-west, and south-west, joined by fourteen tributaries, including Wyaldra Creek and Lawsons Creek, before reaching its confluence with the Macquarie River at Lake Burrendong; descending 425 metres (1,394 ft) over its 250-kilometre (160 mi) course.

Several reservoirs, including Rylstone Reservoir and Lake Windamere, impede the natural flow of the Cudgegong River past the towns of Mudgee, and near Gulgong.^[2]