Tumut River
| Tumut Doomut | |
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Tumut River, near Tumut, New South Wales | |
Location of the Tumut River mouth in New South Wales | |
| Etymology | Aboriginal: derived from Doomut or Doomat; meaning camping by the river |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Australian Alps (IBRA), South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes |
| Municipalities | Tumut, Gundagai |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Toolong Range, Snowy Mountains |
| • location | west of Mount Jagungal |
| • coordinates | 36°5′18″S 148°23′5″E / 36.08833°S 148.38472°E |
| • elevation | 1,430 m (4,690 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with the Murrumbidgee River |
• location | near Gundagai |
• coordinates | 35°1′18″S 148°10′51″E / 35.02167°S 148.18083°E |
• elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Length | 182 km (113 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Murrumbidgee catchment, Murray–Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Long Creek (Tumut), Buddong Creek, Gilmore Creek |
| • right | Bogong Creek, Doubtful Creek, Happy Jacks Creek, Jounama Creek, McGregors Creek, Blowering Creek, Goobarragandra River, Brungle Creek |
| Dams | Happy Jacks, Tumut Pond, Tumut Two, Talbingo, Jounama, Blowering |
The Tumut River (/ˈtjuːmət/), a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains and South West Slopes districts of New South Wales, Australia.