The Yarra River is a river in East-Central Victoria, Australia that flows through the city of Melbourne. This article contains explanations and lists of the river's tributaries and other geographic features. The river flows atop layers of silt that built up within an ancient river valley around 10,000-15,000 years ago.
The Yarra River has two other names "the upside down river" and "Birrarung". The Yarra was for say nicknamed the upside down river because of the way some of it looked. Birrarung was the first name that the indigenous Australians gave it.
The Yarra River has about 50 named tributaries; 6 rivers, 42 creeks and 2 gullies. At its most easterly point, it is fed by many small unnamed 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 its tributaries (from downstream to upstream):[1]
Bolin Bolin Billabong, cut off in 1100 AD, shown here in 2008 at 10-15% its volume
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 its 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 sparsely 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):[1]
^. VICNAMES. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 2014-01-26.
^"Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search". Geoscience Australia. Australian Government.
November 10, 2023
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The Yarra River is a river in East Central Victoria Australia that flows through the city of Melbourne This article contains explanations and lists of the river s tributaries and other geographic features The river flows atop layers of silt that built up within an ancient river valley around 10 000 15 000 years ago Map of Yarra River and its tributariesThe river s major tributaries are the Plenty River Merri Creek Darebin Creek Diamond 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 Woiwurrung phrases or have European particularly British origins The Yarra River has two other names the upside down river and Birrarung The Yarra was for say nicknamed the upside down river because of the way some of it looked Birrarung was the first name that the indigenous Australians gave it Contents 1 Tributaries 2 Geographical features 3 See also 4 ReferencesTributaries editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates nbsp The Little Yarra River at Yarra Junction 2009The Yarra River has about 50 named tributaries 6 rivers 42 creeks and 2 gullies At its most easterly point it is fed by many small unnamed 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 its tributaries from downstream to upstream 1 Rivers of the Yarra River basinCatchment river Elevation atconfluence River mouth Coordinates 2 3 River lengthTributaryTributaryTributaryTributaryTributaryTributaryYarra River 0 m 0 ft Hobsons Bay Port Phillip 37 51 7 S 144 54 30 E 37 85194 S 144 90833 E 37 85194 144 90833 Yarra River 242 km 150 mi Stony Creek 0 m 0 ft Yarra circa 5 km 3 mi Maribyrnong River 1 m 3 ft 3 in Yarra 37 45 19 S 144 50 57 E 37 75528 S 144 84917 E 37 75528 144 84917 Maribyrnong River 39 km 24 mi Steele Creek 5 m 16 ft Maribyrnong 8 km 5 mi Taylors Creek 20 m 66 ft Maribyrnong 13 km 8 mi Jackson Creek 42 m 138 ft Maribyrnong 71 km 44 mi Longview Creek 270 m 890 ft Jackson 8 km 5 mi Riddells Creek 296 m 971 ft Jackson 15 km 9 mi Deep Creek 42 m 138 ft Maribyrnong 128 km 80 mi Konagaderra Creek 164 m 538 ft Deep 37 29 36 S 144 50 27 E 37 49333 S 144 84083 E 37 49333 144 84083 Konagaderra Creek 17 km 11 mi Boyd Creek 243 m 797 ft Deep 12 km 7 mi Lintons Creek 277 m 909 ft Boyd 11 km 7 mi No 3 Creek 313 m 1 027 ft Boyd 13 km 8 mi Emu Creek 270 m 890 ft Deep 8 km 5 mi Bolinda Emu Creek 282 m 925 ft Emu 9 km 6 mi Bolinda Creek 340 m 1 120 ft Bolinda Emu 9 km 6 mi Sandy Creek 380 m 1 250 ft Bolinda 9 km 6 mi Moonee Ponds Creek 1 m 3 ft 3 in Yarra 37 45 39 S 144 55 59 E 37 76083 S 144 93306 E 37 76083 144 93306 Moonee Ponds Creek 31 km 19 mi Kooyong Koot Creek Gardiners Creek 12 m 39 ft Yarra 37 52 18 S 145 05 23 E 37 87167 S 145 08972 E 37 87167 145 08972 Gardiners Creek 17 km 11 mi Merri Creek 14 m 46 ft Yarra 37 40 01 S 144 58 35 E 37 66694 S 144 97639 E 37 66694 144 97639 Merri Creek 69 km 43 mi Darebin Creek 18 m 59 ft Yarra 37 39 32 S 145 02 08 E 37 65889 S 145 03556 E 37 65889 145 03556 Darebin Creek 43 km 27 mi Glass Creek YarraKoonung Koonung Creek 16 m 52 ft Yarra 37 47 11 S 145 06 16 E 37 78639 S 145 10444 E 37 78639 145 10444 Koonung Koonung Creek 11 km 7 mi Salt Creek Yarra 37 44 27 S 145 04 19 E 37 74083 S 145 07194 E 37 74083 145 07194 Salt Creek Banyule Creek YarraPlenty River 19 m 62 ft Yarra 37 36 46 S 145 06 20 E 37 61278 S 145 10556 E 37 61278 145 10556 Plenty River 47 km 29 mi Barber Creek 169 m 554 ft Plenty 17 km 11 mi Bruces Creek 189 m 620 ft Plenty 21 km 13 mi Scrubby Creek 197 m 646 ft Plenty 11 km 7 mi Ruffey Creek 17 m 56 ft Yarra 37 46 08 S 145 08 22 E 37 76889 S 145 13944 E 37 76889 145 13944 Ruffey Creek 11 km 7 mi Kestrel Creek YarraDiamond Creek 30 m 98 ft Yarra 37 37 42 S 145 12 38 E 37 62833 S 145 21056 E 37 62833 145 21056 Diamond Creek 11 km 7 mi Mullum Mullum Creek 28 m 92 ft Yarra 37 46 25 S 145 11 21 E 37 77361 S 145 18917 E 37 77361 145 18917 Mullum Mullum Creek 11 km 7 mi Stony Creek Yarra 37 42 58 S 145 12 30 E 37 71611 S 145 20833 E 37 71611 145 20833 Stony Creek Andersons Creek 17 m 56 ft Yarra 37 44 59 S 145 12 38 E 37 74972 S 145 21056 E 37 74972 145 21056 Andersons Creek 11 km 7 mi Parson Gully YarraJumping Creek Yarra 37 45 42 S 145 15 27 E 37 76167 S 145 25750 E 37 76167 145 25750 Jumping Creek Pigeon Bank Gully Yarra 37 42 44 S 145 14 26 E 37 71222 S 145 24056 E 37 71222 145 24056 Pigeon Bank Gully Watsons Creek 47 m 154 ft Yarra 37 39 08 S 145 18 02 E 37 65222 S 145 30056 E 37 65222 145 30056 Watsons Creek 18 km 11 mi Brushy Creek 65 m 213 ft Yarra 37 45 41 S 145 17 45 E 37 76139 S 145 29583 E 37 76139 145 29583 Brushy Creek 9 km 6 mi Olinda Creek Yarra 37 45 57 S 145 21 17 E 37 76583 S 145 35472 E 37 76583 145 35472 Olinda Creek Steels Creek Yarra 37 37 15 S 145 22 31 E 37 62083 S 145 37528 E 37 62083 145 37528 Steels Creek Pauls Creek 74 m 243 ft Yarra 37 38 26 S 145 26 02 E 37 64056 S 145 43389 E 37 64056 145 43389 Pauls Creek 15 km 9 mi Watts River 80 m 260 ft Yarra 37 37 29 S 145 39 34 E 37 62472 S 145 65944 E 37 62472 145 65944 Watts River 29 km 18 mi Meyers Creek 92 m 302 ft Watts 37 35 20 S 145 31 02 E 37 58889 S 145 51722 E 37 58889 145 51722 Meyers Creek 9 km 5 6 mi Badger Creek Yarra 37 41 14 S 145 35 41 E 37 68722 S 145 59472 E 37 68722 145 59472 Badger Creek Woori Yallock Creek Yarra 37 43 52 S 145 29 53 E 37 73111 S 145 49806 E 37 73111 145 49806 Woori Yallock Creek Ure Creek Yarra 37 45 18 S 145 32 50 E 37 75500 S 145 54722 E 37 75500 145 54722 Ure Creek Hoddles Creek Yarra 37 47 35 S 145 34 54 E 37 79306 S 145 58167 E 37 79306 145 58167 Hoddles Creek Don River Yarra 37 45 20 S 145 35 13 E 37 75556 S 145 58694 E 37 75556 145 58694 Don River Little Yarra River 108 m 354 ft Yarra 37 50 16 S 145 40 46 E 37 83778 S 145 67944 E 37 83778 145 67944 Little Yarra River 24 km 15 mi Britannia Creek 123 m 404 ft Little Yarra 37 47 47 S 145 41 02 E 37 79639 S 145 68389 E 37 79639 145 68389 Britannia Creek 11 km 6 8 mi Don Creek Yarra 37 45 47 S 145 36 21 E 37 76306 S 145 60583 E 37 76306 145 60583 Don Creek Platts Creek Yarra 37 45 15 S 145 37 15 E 37 75417 S 145 62083 E 37 75417 145 62083 Platts Creek Frenchman Creek Yarra 37 44 23 S 145 37 41 E 37 73972 S 145 62806 E 37 73972 145 62806 Frenchman Creek Yankee Jim Creek Yarra 37 46 21 S 145 39 21 E 37 77250 S 145 65583 E 37 77250 145 65583 Yankee Jim Creek Dee River Yarra 37 44 59 S 145 38 41 E 37 74972 S 145 64472 E 37 74972 145 64472 Dee River Scotchman Creek YarraFour Mile Creek Yarra 37 46 03 S 145 42 25 E 37 76750 S 145 70694 E 37 76750 145 70694 Four Mile Creek Pheasant Creek Yarra 37 45 31 S 145 42 52 E 37 75861 S 145 71444 E 37 75861 145 71444 Pheasant Creek Starling Creek Yarra 37 45 56 S 145 43 36 E 37 76556 S 145 72667 E 37 76556 145 72667 Starling Creek Big Pats Creek 171 m 561 ft Yarra 37 48 22 S 145 45 06 E 37 80611 S 145 75167 E 37 80611 145 75167 Big Pats Creek 12 km 7 mi Dead Horse Creek Yarra 37 43 39 S 145 45 31 E 37 72750 S 145 75861 E 37 72750 145 75861 Dead Horse Creek Cement Creek Yarra 37 42 50 S 145 44 31 E 37 71389 S 145 74194 E 37 71389 145 74194 Cement Creek Braham Creek Yarra 37 45 11 S 145 47 32 E 37 75306 S 145 79222 E 37 75306 145 79222 Braham Creek McDonald Creek Yarra 37 44 59 S 145 47 49 E 37 74972 S 145 79694 E 37 74972 145 79694 McDonald Creek Crooked Creek YarraStarvation Creek 219 m 719 ft Yarra 37 45 39 S 145 51 16 E 37 76083 S 145 85444 E 37 76083 145 85444 Starvation Creek 14 km 9 mi McMahons Creek 252 m 827 ft Yarra 37 42 48 S 145 52 00 E 37 71333 S 145 86667 E 37 71333 145 86667 McMahons Creek 14 km 9 mi Armstrong Creek 275 m 902 ft Yarra 37 39 56 S 145 50 58 E 37 66556 S 145 84944 E 37 66556 145 84944 Armstrong Creek 13 km 8 mi Armstrong Creek East Branch 352 m 1 155 ft Armstrong 37 37 31 S 145 53 26 E 37 62528 S 145 89056 E 37 62528 145 89056 Armstrong Creek East Branch 8 km 5 mi Alderman Creek 357 m 1 171 ft Yarra 37 43 37 S 145 56 45 E 37 72694 S 145 94583 E 37 72694 145 94583 Alderman Creek 12 km 7 mi Walsh Creek 357 m 1 171 ft Yarra 37 36 28 S 145 56 52 E 37 60778 S 145 94778 E 37 60778 145 94778 Walsh Creek 19 km 12 mi Clear Creek 357 m 1 171 ft Walsh 37 40 15 S 145 58 10 E 37 67083 S 145 96944 E 37 67083 145 96944 Clear Creek 12 km 7 mi Baker Creek 488 m 1 601 ft Yarra 37 45 38 S 145 49 14 E 37 76056 S 145 82056 E 37 76056 145 82056 Baker Creek 7 km 4 mi Woods Creek 532 m 1 745 ft Yarra 37 43 02 S 146 07 19 E 37 71722 S 146 12194 E 37 71722 146 12194 Woods Creek 11 km 7 mi Mmbw Channel 775 m 2 543 ft Yarra 23 km 14 mi Geographical features edit nbsp Bolin Bolin Billabong cut off in 1100 AD shown here in 2008 at 10 15 its volumeThe 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 its 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 sparsely 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 1 Entrance to Yarra River in Hobsons Bay West Gate Bridge Stony Creek Maribyrnong River Coode Island created in 1880s Fishermans Bend created in 1880s Moonee Ponds Creek Victoria Harbour created in 1892 Batman s Hill levelled in mid 19th century Turning Basin Melbourne CBD Princes Bridge Birrarung Marr Ornamental Lake Punt Hill Herring Island Burnley Harbour and 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 1100 Annulus Billabong Salt Creek Sills Bend Heidelberg Yarra Flats Begins Banyule Creek Banyule Flats and Billabongs Plenty River Templestowe Ruffey Creek Kestrel Creek Westerfolds Rapids Fitzsimons Lane Bridge Diamond Creek 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 Warrandyte Gorge 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 and Billabongs Pauls Creek Healesville Watts River Badger Creek Warramate Hills Woori Yallock Creek Woori Yallock Flats and Billabong Ure Creek Launching Place Hoddles Creek Don River Little Yarra River Don Creek Yarra Junction Don Creek Platts Creek Frenchman Creek Yankee Jim Creek Dee River Scotchmans Creek Warburton Four Mile Creek Pheasant Creek Starling Creek Big Pats Creek Dead Horse Creek Cement Creek Braham Creek McDonald Creek Crooked Creek Starvation Creek Little Peninsula Tunnel Big Peninsula Tunnel McMahons Creek Upper Yarra Dam Upper Yarra Reservoir created in 1957 Armstrong Creek Alderman Creek Walsh Creek Baker Creek Woods Creek Mmbw ChannelSee also editGeology of Victoria Crossings of the Yarra RiverReferences edit a b Melway Edition 35 2008 Place name search VICNAMES State Government of Victoria Archived from the original on 2014 01 26 Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search Geoscience Australia Australian Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geography of the Yarra River amp oldid 1181415071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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