Deua River

A large pool in Deua River at a higher water level

The Deua River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales.

Geography

The river rises in the wild and densely forested mountains of Deua National Park on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. Its catchment area lies in the rain shadow and so the Deua River is a rather small river, which also shows highly fluctuating water level. The Deua River makes its way through uninhabited areas through the National Park to the north and then northeast. At the mouth of Araluen Creek he turns his course to the southeast and flows west of Moruya in Moruya River.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

  • Running Creek - 376 m
  • Georges Creek - 327 m
  • Jillaga Creek - 321 m
  • Con Creek - 303 m
  • Curmulee Creek - 209 m
  • Parsons Creek - 191 m
  • Beamer Creek - 139 m
  • Woola Creek - 131 m
  • Telowar Creek - 124 m
  • Bettowynd Creek - 119 m
  • Moodong Creek - 115 m
  • Araluen Creek - 107 m
  • Dry Creek - 63 m
  • Burra Creek - 11 m

The gold mining town at the Araluen Araluen Creek

The town lies in the valley of Araluen Araluen Creek, a tributary of the River Deua in its middle reaches. The name ' Araluen ' means " water lily " or " place of water lily " in the dialect of the local Aborigines. At the time of European settlement Araluen was covered as a broad alluvial valley with many natural water holes, with water lilies described. Today there are no longer these water holes there. How many river and stream valleys in southeastern Australia also this natural valley and the watercourse was completely destroyed by wild and unregulated gold mining in the second half of the 19th century. There thousands of tonnes of coarse granite sand were moved and this led to a serious siltation of the lower reaches of the Deua River below the mouth of the Araluen Creek. Nevertheless, there are valuable in Deua River populations of the endangered Australian trout pike compact and of several other native freshwater fish.

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