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Georges River Introduction

​Where is the Georges River Catchment located?
The Georges River catchment covers approximately 960 square kilometres and about 800,000 people live in the catchment. The Georges River rises south of Appin near Campbelltown and flows downstream for 96 kilometres to enter Botany Bay at Sans Souci. A substantial part of the catchment is bushland contained in Heathcote National Park, the Holsworthy Army Base and on private and Crown land.
 
The upper catchment includes the upper reaches of the Woronora River and Dam and the Upper Georges River, O'Hares Creek and Prospect Reservoir. The lower catchment includes the urban areas of Campbelltown, Liverpool, Bankstown, Sutherland, Kogarah, Kurnell, Botany and areas around Botany Bay
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  • 11 Geography
    • Earth's Natural Systems >
      • Key Terms
      • Processes, cycles and circulations >
        • Atmospheric systems
        • Hydrological systems >
          • Georges River Introduction
          • Georges River
          • Georges River Fieldwork
          • Water Management
          • Flow of Water Though Catchments
          • Catchments - Key Terms
          • Murray-Darling Catchment
          • Human impacts on hydrological processes
        • Geomorphic systems
        • Ecological systems
    • People, Patterns and Processes >
      • Population and resource consumption >
        • Demographic processes
        • Demographic processes - Mortality
        • Population pyramids
        • Challenges of changing population
    • Human-Environment Interactions >
      • A contemporary hazard >
        • Volcanic Eruptions
        • Floods 2022
        • COVID-19
        • Bushfire 2019-2020 >
          • Spatial distribution
          • Managing a contemporary hazard
  • 12 Geography (from 2025)
    • Global Sustainability >
      • Pillars of Sustainability
      • Evaluating Sustainability
      • Tourism - Nature and Spatial Patterns
      • Tourism - Influences >
        • Biophsical Influences
        • Ecological Influences
        • Economic Influences
        • Socio-Cultural Influences
        • Political Influences
        • Organisational Influences
        • Technological Influences
      • Tourism - Trends and Future Directions
      • Tourism - Sustainability >
        • Impacts of Tourism
        • Tourism in Venice
    • Urban and Rural Places >
      • One urban place - Ashbury (suburb) >
        • Ashbury - location and character
        • Ashbury - changes
        • Ashbury - responses to changes
    • Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity >
      • Coral Triangle
  • Geographical Tools
    • Tools Checklist
    • Maps >
      • Topo map basics
      • Area and Grid Reference
      • Sight Lines
      • Bearing
      • Gradient
      • Cross Section
      • Vertical Exaggeration
      • Sketch Maps
      • Synoptic Charts
      • Latitude and Longitude
    • Geographical Inquiry >
      • Soil characteristics
      • Vegetation Profile
      • Fieldsketch
      • Water Quality
      • Microclimate Fieldwork
    • Graphs and Statistics