Aire River (Victoria)

Coordinates: 38°48′26″S 143°27′32″E / 38.80722°S 143.45889°E / -38.80722; 143.45889
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This article is about the waterway in Victoria, Australia. For the river in Yorkshire, England, see River Aire. For other uses, see Aire.

Aire
Otway Ranges
 • locationnear Beech Forest
 • coordinates38°38′42″S 143°38′25″E / 38.64500°S 143.64028°E / -38.64500; 143.64028
 • elevation554 m (1,818 ft)
MouthBass Strait
 • location
west of Cape Otway
 • coordinates
38°48′26″S 143°27′32″E / 38.80722°S 143.45889°E / -38.80722; 143.45889
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length40 km (25 mi)
Basin features
River systemCorangamite catchment
Tributaries 
 • leftRedwater Creek
 • rightYoung Creek (Victoria), Little Aire Creek
WaterfallsHopetoun Falls
National parkGreat Otway National Park
[2][3]

The Aire River is a

Victoria
.

Location and features

Horse teams used in 1948 to unblock the river mouth to prevent salt water being deposited on the arable river flats

The Aire River rises below the

course;[3] including a 49 metres (161 ft) descent over the Hopetoun Falls in its upper reaches, located at an elevation of 314 metres (1,030 ft) above sea level.[7]

The river is traversed by the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk near the river's mouth.[3]

It was named by the surveyor George Smythe after the River Aire in Yorkshire, England.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
  2. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original
    on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Map of Aire River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original
    on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original
    on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original
    on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Map of Hopetoun Falls, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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