Ginninderra Creek

Ginninderra Creek
Ginninderry Creek, Ginninginninderry Creek, Gingininderra Creek
Partly perennial stream
Ginninderra Creek, impounded at Lake Ginninderra, 2011
Name origin: Aboriginal: word meaning "sparkling" or "throwing little rays of light"
Country	Australia
States	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales
IBRA	South Eastern Highlands
District	Capital Country
Part of	Murrumbidgee River, Murray–Darling basin
Town centres	Gungahlin, Belconnen
Source	Spring Range
- location	north-east of Hall, ACT
- elevation	599 m (1,965 ft)
Mouth	confluence with Murrumbidgee River
- location	Ginninderra Gorge, Yass Valley, NSW
- elevation	430 m (1,411 ft)
Length	23 km (14 mi)
Reservoirs	Gungahlin Pond, Lake Ginninderra
Waterfall	Ginninderra Falls

Ginninderra Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Capital Country region spanning both the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, Australia.

Ginninderra is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "sparkling" or "throwing little rays of light". The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Ginninderra Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe.

Ginninderra Creek rises on the northern border between the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and New South Wales (NSW), sourced from the Spring Range, located north-east of Hall. The creek flows generally south-west across the Ginninderra Plain, through the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions in Canberra, and then heads west crossing the western border between the ACT and flowing into NSW, towards its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River. The creek descends 168 metres (551 ft) over its 23 kilometres (14 mi) course.

Ginninderra Creek is impounded by Gungahlin Pond and Lake Ginninderra, a man-made lake that was constructed in 1974 to act as a sedimentation pond. The creek flows over the Ginninderra Falls, descending 41 metres (135 ft), and through Ginninderra Gorge, to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River.