| Tuross River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | South East Corner (IBRA), South Coast |
| Subdivision Type4: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name4: | Eurobodalla |
| Subdivision Type5: | Towns |
| Subdivision Name5: | Bodalla, Tuross Head |
| Length: | 147km (91miles) |
| Depth Avg: | 1.2m (03.9feet) |
| Source1: | Kybeyan Range, Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | Mount Kydra, Wadbilliga National Park |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1170m (3,840feet) |
| Mouth: | Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean |
| Mouth Location: | Tuross Lake, at Tuross Head |
| Basin Size: | 1814km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Guinea Creek, Swamp Creek (Tuross), Woila Creek, Mellion Creek, Big Belimbla Creek, Sawpit Creek, Swamp Creek (Comerang) |
| Tributaries Right: | Back River (Cooma-Monaro), Bumberry Creek, Myrtle Creek (Eurobodalla), Wadbilliga Hole Creek, Wadbilliga River, Wandella Creek, Reedy Creek (Tuross) |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Wadbilliga |
| Waterfalls: | Tuross Falls |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Tuross River, an open semi-mature wave dominated barrier estuary[2] or perennial stream, is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Tuross River rises of the eastern slopes of the Kybeyan Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, below Mount Kydra on the western edge of Wadbilliga National Park, not far from Cooma. The river flows generally north, east and northeast, joined by fourteen tributaries including the Back River and Wadbilliga rivers, before spilling into Tuross Lake and reaching its mouth at the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean at Tuross Head. The river descends over its course.[1]
The catchment area of the river is with a volume of over a surface area of, at an average depth of .[3]
North of the town of Bodalla, the Princes Highway crosses the Tuross River.