Merrica River

Merrica River
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast
Local government area	Bega Valley
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Nadgee
• elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	Disaster Bay
Length	19 km (12 mi)
Basin size	60.5 km2 (23.4 sq mi)
Depth
• average	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Daylight Creek
• right	Wombat Creek
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The Merrica River is an intermediate intermittently closed saline coastal lagoon^[2] or perennial river^[3] located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Merrica River rises on the northern slopes of Mount Nadgee within the Nadgee Nature Reserve; located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of Tumbledown Mountain. The river flows generally northeast before reaching its mouth with the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, emptying into Disaster Bay.^[3] The river descends 230 metres (750 ft) over its 19 kilometres (12 mi) course.^[1]

The catchment area of the river is 60.5 square kilometres (23.4 sq mi) with a volume of 48.5 megalitres (1.71×10^⁶ cu ft) over a surface area of 0.1 square kilometres (0.039 sq mi), at an average depth of 0.4 metres (1 ft 4 in).^[4]

• Rivers of New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• List of rivers of Australia

• "Towamba & Genoa catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

37°20′S 149°54′E / 37.333°S 149.900°E / -37.333; 149.900