Click this link to see a detailed map of the course of the Snowy River 
There are many animals that live in the forests and depend upon the Snowy for their livelihood.
Bird Watching is a large and specialist topic. It is far too large for this website to cover but explore this website for some great information.
The small riverside walking track at Orbost has been monitored by the East Gippsland Bird Observation and Conservation with 91 species being identified including the White-bellied Sea-Eagle.
The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is one of the largest raptors in Southeast Asia, and the second largest bird of prey in Australia after the Wedge-tailed Eagle.
A large number of vegetation communities occur along the course of the Snowy. Dry rainshadow in NSW creates a different environment than the warm temperate rainforests and woodlands on the National Parks particularly in Victoria. Below 1200 meters in the woodlands we have a mix of eucalypts and shrubs. There is less nutrients and trees are shorter and spread out. The higher you climb as water increases you find much larger and dense forests until as you approach Snow Gum woodlands the trees become bent and twisted and stunted by wind and snow. The Snowy River starts at Mount Kosciuszko.
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Jindabyne Dam was commissioned in 1967 as a part of the Snowy Mountain's Scheme. This took 99% of the rivers flow and diverted them into the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers. While the ecology of the river has changed dramatically due to these reduced flows, the river remains a significant biological, geological, cultural, scenic and recreational asset.
While only 1% of original flows leaves Jindabyne Dam at the mouth the flow is about 50% of original flows. Despite this the river has flooded a number of times since 1967. A number of rivers flow into the snowy including Bombala, Delegate, Deddick, Suggan Buggan, Buchan and Brodribb rivers.
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This marker in forest park shows the height of flooding. The record height was in 1971 at 9.96 meters or as they said in those days 32 feet 8 inches. The last flood in 2007 barely broke the river banks and did not reach the marker