The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. It originates on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland peak, draining the eastern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, before flowing through the Snowy River National Park in Victoria and emptying into Bass Strait.
While the river's course and surroundings have remained almost entirely unchanged, the majority of it being protected by the Snowy River National Park, its flow was drastically reduced in the mid 20th century, to less than 1% (as measured at Jindabyne), after the construction of four large dams (Guthega, Island Bend, Eucumbene, and Jindabyne) and many smaller diversion structures in its headwaters in New South Wales, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Read more about Snowy River: Geography, Parklands and Protected Areas, River Ecology, Flow Thresholds Below Jindabyne, Politics, Cultural References, Settlements, Crossings
Other articles related to "snowy river, river":
... The Man from Snowy River Arena Spectacular is a musical by David Atkins and Ignatius Jones, based on the poem The Man from Snowy River, written by Banjo Paterson ... Bruce Rowland, who composed the instrumental music for both the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River film and its sequel 1988 film The Man from Snowy River II (American title "Retur ...
... Peter Imlay established the Snowy River Station for grazing in 1842, and his brother the Newmerella run nearby ... The Cameron family settled on the rich alluvial river flats in 1876, followed by many other selectors, many of them Scottish migrants ... The township was proclaimed in 1890 and a bridge constructed across the Snowy River and a telegraph office established ...
... Shane Briant, David Bradshaw, Reg Evans, and Jim Holt would appear in "Snowy River - The McGregor Saga" alongside Andrew Clarke ... Tony Bonner, Alec Wilson, and Bill Kerr were in the film versions of "The Man from Snowy River" and "The Man from Snowy River II" ...
... Flow River, Blow Wind (1953) Black Cockatoos Mean Snow (1956) The Silver Brumby (1958) Silver Brumby's Daughter (1960) Kingfisher Feather (1962) Winged ...
Famous quotes containing the words river and/or snowy:
“Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A snowy winter preludes a bumper harvest.”
—Chinese proverb.