Yarra River
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river in Victoria, Australia
Key facts
- Etymology
- Bunwurrung ( Aboriginal Australian languages ): Yarro-yarro , "ever-flowing"
- Nickname
- The Yarra
- Native name
- Birrarung ( Kulin languages )
- Country
- Australia
- State
- Victoria
- Region
- South Eastern Highlands ( IBRA ), Central Victoria
- Lga
- City of Hobsons Bay , City of Port Phillip , City of Melbourne , City of Yarra , City of Darebin , City of Boroondara , City of Banyule , City of Manningham , Shire of Nillumbik , Yarra Ranges Shire
- City
- Melbourne
- Source
- Yarra Ranges , Great Dividing Range
- Location
- within Yarra Ranges National Park
- Coordinates
- 37°44′57″S 146°8′26″E / 37.74917°S 146.14056°E / -37.74917; 146.14056
- Elevation
- 792 m (2,598 ft)
- Mouth
- Hobsons Bay , Port Phillip
- Length
- 242 km (150 mi)
- Basin size
- 5,464.4 km (2,109.8 mi )
- Average
- 63.5 m /s (2,000 GL/a)
- River system
- Port Phillip catchment
- Left
- Maribyrnong River , Moonee Ponds Creek , Merri Creek , Darebin Creek , Plenty River , Diamond Creek , Steeles Creek, Watts River , Badger Creek , Don River , Cement Creek, O'Shannassy River
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Victoria
- Continent
- Australian continent
- Image
- Melbourne Yarra River from Alexandra Avenue - Nov 2008.jpg
- Length
- 242
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- topic's main category
- Category:Yarra River
- watershed area
- 5464.4
- Commons category
- Yarra River
- different from
- HMAS Yarra
- origin of the watercourse
- Great Dividing Range
- native label
- Yarra River
- discharge
- 63.5
- basin country
- Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Kulin languages: Berrern, Birr-arrung, Bay-ray-rung, Birarang, Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
The lower stretches of the Yarra are where Victoria's state capital Melbourne was established in 1835, and today metropolitan Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches. From its source in the Yarra Ranges, it flows 242 kilometres (150 mi) west through the Yarra Valley, which opens out into plains as it winds its way through Greater Melbourne before emptying into Hobsons Bay in northernmost Port Phillip Bay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yarra River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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