Numeralla | |
Name Other: | Umaralla River |
Name Etymology: | Aboriginal valley of plenty |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Numeralla River in New South Wales |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Monaro |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Snowy Monaro Regional Council |
Length: | 94km (58miles) |
Source1: | Kybeyan Range |
Source1 Location: | east of Nimmitabel |
Source1 Coordinates: | -36.5075°N 149.4222°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1070m (3,510feet) |
Mouth: | Murrumbidgee River |
Mouth Location: | north of Cooma |
Mouth Coordinates: | -36.0656°N 149.1503°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 706m (2,316feet) |
River System: | Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin |
Tributaries Left: | Kybeyan River, Big Badja River |
Tributaries Right: | Rock Flat Creek |
Extra: | [1] |
The Numeralla River, a 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.
The name of the river is claimed to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning "valley of plenty", but Flavia Hodges has called this etymology "highly suspect".[2]
The river rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, about east of the village of Nimmitabel, and flows generally north and west, joined by eight tributaries including the Kybeyan and Big Badja rivers before reaching its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River, south of Bredbo and about north of Cooma; descending over its 93km (58miles) course.[1]
The river is a diverse ecosystem rich with many different animal species such as the uncommonly seen Wanderer's Kingfisher and the Kiora frog. Its native freshwater fish fauna had been entirely replaced by introduced trout species, now replaced by the introduced European carp species; a common situation in south-east Australia.
Alluvial gold was discovered in and along the river in 1858, with the diggings worked until 1868.[3]