Cooma Creek facts for kids

Not to be confused with Cooma Back Creek.

Quick facts for kids Cooma
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Monaro
LGA	Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Town	Cooma
Physical characteristics
Main source	Great Dividing Range below The Peak 1,100 m (3,600 ft)
River mouth	confluence with Rock Flat Creek near Chakola 720 m (2,360 ft)
Length	42 km (26 mi)
Basin features
River system	Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries	Left: Brothers Creek, Cooma Back Creek Right: Middle Flat Creek

The Cooma Creek, a mostly–perennial river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Cooma Creek
Source below The Peak 36.4225°S 149.152778°E / -36.4225; 149.152778 The Brothers Creek Bombala Street, Cooma Monaro Highway Commissioner Street, Cooma Sharp Street, Cooma Monaro Highway Massie Street, Cooma Cooma Back Creek Mittagang Road Monaro Highway Bombala railway line Middle Flat Creek Rock Flat Creek

The Cooma Creek (technically a river) rises below The Peak, southeast of Snow Hill and west southwest of Brick Kiln Hill, part of the Great Dividing Range, and flows generally north and then north by east, joined by three minor tributaries and flowing through the town of Cooma before reaching its confluence with Rock Flat Creek near the locality of Chakola. Rock Flat Creek continues to the Numeralla River, which is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River. The Cooma Creek descends 385 metres (1,263 ft) over its 42-kilometre (26 mi) course.

The Snowy Mountains Highway crosses Cooma Creek in Cooma; and the Monaro Highway crosses Cooma Creek at Bunyan.