Geography of the Yarra River
The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. This article contains explainations and lists of the river's tributaries and other geographic features. The river's major tributaries are the Plenty River, Merri Creek, Darebin Creek, Gardiners Creek, Mullum-Mullum Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek. It hosts a wide range of geographic features including; bends, rapids, lakes, islands, floodplains, billabongs, wetlands, etc. Most features have been named after translated Wurundjeri phrases or have European, particularly British, origins.
Tributaries
The Yarra River has 49 named trubutaries in total; 6 rivers, 41 creeks and 2 gullies. At it's most easterly point, it is fed by many small unamed creeks and streams that begin in the Yarra Ranges within the Yarra Ranges National Park, which are sometimes fed by snowfalls. Below is a list of it's tributaries (from downstream to upstream):
- Stony Creek
- Maribyrnong River
- Moonee Ponds Creek
- Gardiners Creek
- Merri Creek
- Darebin Creek
- Glass Creek
- Koonung Creek
- Salt Creek
- Banyule Creek
- Plenty River
- Ruffey Creek
- Kestrel Creek
- Mullum-Mullum Creek
- Stony Creek
- Andersons Creek
- Parson Gully
- Jumping Creek
- Pigeon Bank Gully
- Watsons Creek
- Brushy Creek
- Olinda Creek
- Steels Creek
- Pauls Creek
- Watts River
- Badger Creek
- Woori Yallock Creek
- Ure Creek
- Hoddles Creek
- Don River
- Little Yarra River
- Don Creek
- Don Creek
- Platts Creek
- Frenchman Creek
- Yankee Jims Creek
- Dee River
- Scotchmans Creek
- Four Mile Creek
- Pheasant Creek
- Starling Creek
- Big Pats Creek
- Dead Horse Creek
- Cement Creek
- Brahams Creek
- McDonald Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Starvation Creek
- Alderman Creek
Geographical Features
The Yarra River hosts a wide range of geographical features, perhaps the most plentiful of which are billabongs, of which there are over 100, particularly in the floodplains near Yering, Yarra Glen and Coldstream. Being a considerably thin river for almost it's entire length, there are very few islands or lakes. In the middle reaches there are a few rapids of easy to moderate difficulty, however these are sparsly distributed. Below is a list of the river's geographical features, including tributaries (shown in bold) and man-made features or townships (shown in italics), for bearings (from downstream to upstream):
- Entrance to Yarra River in Hobsons Bay
- West Gate Bridge
- Stony Creek
- Maribyrnong River
- Coode Island
- Fishermans Bend
- Moonee Ponds Creek
- Victoria Harbour
- Batmans Hill (levelled)
- Turning Basin
- Melbourne CBD
- Princess Bridge
- Birrarung Marr
- Ornamental Lake
- Punt Hill
- Herring Island
- Burnley Harbour & Wetlands
- Gardiners Creek
- Burnley Bend
- Hawthorn
- Yarra Bend (Ends)
- Dights Falls
- Merri Creek
- Galatea Point
- Studley Park Boathouse
- Flying Fox Lookout
- Fairfield Boathouse
- Yarra Bend (Begins)
- Kew Billabong
- Darebin Creek
- Glass Creek
- Yarra Flats (Ends)
- Koonung Creek
- Bolin Bolin Billabong (cut off in 1100AD)
- Annulus Billabong
- Salt Creek
- Sills Bend
- Heidelberg
- Yarra Flats (Begins)
- Banyule Creek
- Banyule Flats & Billabongs
- Plenty River
- Templestowe
- Ruffey Creek
- Kestrel Creek
- Westerfolds Rapids
- Fitzimons Lane Bridge
- Sweeneys Flats
- Mullum-Mullum Creek
- Tikalara
- Pound Bend (Ends)
- Bobs Wetlands
- Pound Bend Tunnel
- Stony Creek
- Pound Bend (Begins)
- Andersons Creek
- Fourth Hill
- Whipstick Gully
- Warrandyte
- Scotchmans Hill
- The Island
- Parson Gully
- Black Flat
- Jumping Creek
- Blue Tongue Bend
- Pigeon Bank Gully
- Kangaroo Ground Rapids
- Watsons Creek
- Bend of Isles
- Moniques Island
- Brushy Creek
- Mount Lofty
- Bob's Rock
- Canoe Slalom Rapids
- Christmas Hills Rapids
- Yering Gorge
- Yering Billabongs
- Olinda Creek
- Yarra Glen
- Yarra Flats Billabongs
- Steels Creek
- Coldstream Flats & Billabongs
- Pauls Creek
- Healesville
- Watts River
- Badger Creek
- Warramate Hills
- Woori Yallock Creek
- Woori Yallock Flats & Billabong
- Ure Creek
- Launching Place
- Hoddles Creek
- Don River
- Little Yarra River
- Don Creek
- Yarra Junction
- Don Creek
- Platts Creek
- Frenchman Creek
- Yankee Jims Creek
- Dee River
- Scotchmans Creek
- Warburton
- Four Mile Creek
- Pheasant Creek
- Starling Creek
- Big Pats Creek
- Dead Horse Creek
- Cement Creek
- Brahams Creek
- McDonald Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Starvation Creek
- Upper Yarra Dam
- Upper Yarra Reservoir
- Alderman Creek
See also
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