Paddys River (South West Slopes, New South Wales)

Paddys River, a watercourse of the Murray catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Australian Alpine region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features
The river rises below Granite Mountain, east of Tumbarumba, on the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains within Bago State Forest, and its natural flow drains generally south, and then south-west, before reaching its confluence with the Tumbarumba Creek, north of the village of Tooma; descending 832 m over its 31 km course. The river is impounded by Paddys River Dam. Approximately 15 km south of Tumbarumba, the river descends 18 m over the Paddys River Falls.