Rush Creek (New South Wales)

Rush
The Rush Creek^[1]
Rush; The Rush Creek
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Outer Metropolitan Sydney
Municipality	City of Hawkesbury
Physical characteristics
Source	Parr Ridge
• location	near Mile Ridge
• elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Mouth	confluence with Webbs Creek
• location	near Upper Macdonald
• elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Basin features
River system	Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
State conservation area	Parr SCA

The Rush Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Outer Metropolitan Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course

The Rush Creek (officially designated as a river^[1]) rises about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of the Parr Spur Ridge Trigonometry Station, near Mile Ridge and east of the Putty Road. The river flows generally north-east by east before reaching its confluence with Webbs Creek in remote country within the Parr State Conservation Area, south-west of Upper Macdonald. The river descends 265 metres (869 ft) over its 20-kilometre (12 mi) course.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rush Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "Place Name Search: Rush Creek". Geoscience Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Rush Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Digital Atlas Pty Limited. 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.