The Snowy Monaro Regional Council area is located in south-eastern New South Wales. The Council area encompasses a total land area of over 15,000 square kilometres, including national parks, nature reserves and state forests. The Snowy Monaro Regional Council area is predominantly rural, with a township at Cooma, and smaller townships and villages at Adaminaby, Berridale, Bombala, Bredbo, Cathcart, Dalgety, Delegate, Jindabyne, Michelago, Nimmitabel and Numeralla. Rural land is used largely for agriculture (particularly sheep and cattle grazing) and timber production. Tourism is an important industry, with several ski fields in the area.

NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.