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Cordeaux River

Field	Value
name	Cordeaux
image	CordeauxDam.JPG
image_caption	Cordeaux Dam
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	New South Wales
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Southern Highlands, Macarthur
subdivision_type5	Municipalities
subdivision_name5	Wollongong, Wollondilly
length_km	32
source1	Illawarra escarpment
source1_location	below Mount Keira
source1_elevation	315 m
mouth	confluence with the Nepean River
mouth_location	near Wilton
mouth_elevation	147 m
river_system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
tributaries_left	Avon River (Wollongong)
custom_label	Reservoir
custom_data	Lake Cordeaux
extra

The Cordeaux River, a perennial river of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Highlands and Macarthur regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Course

The Cordeaux River rises on the western slopes of the Illawarra escarpment, below Mount Keira within the Wollongong local government area and flows generally north and northwest, joined by the Avon River, before reaching its confluence with the Nepean River, south of Wilton. The river descends 168 m

The river is impounded by Lake Cordeaux, one of four reservoirs within the Upper Nepean Scheme that supplies potable water for greater metropolitan Sydney. Located near Ryans Crossing, approximately 94 km south-west of Sydney, construction of the dam wall on the Cordeaux River commenced in 1918 and was completed in 1926.

Locality

The "address locality" of Cordeaux is defined as a suburb of the City of Wollongong, "lying beside the Cordeaux River between Lake Cordeaux and Upper Cordeaux No 1 Dam". At the , it had no population.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC11069| name = Cordeaux| quick = on | accessdate = 23 July 2017

References

"Map of Cordeaux River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
(20 February 1976). "Cordeaux River".
"Upper Nepean dams – Cataract, Cordeaux, Avon, Nepean". Sydney Catchment Authority.
"Cordeaux". [[New South Wales Government]].

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