Coliban River
| Coliban | |
|---|---|
Victoria | |
| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mount Alexander, City of Greater Bendigo |
| Towns | Trentham, Malmsbury, Metcalfe, Redesdale, Mintaro |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| • location | below Little Hampton |
| • coordinates | 37°25′13″S 144°28′38″E / 37.42028°S 144.47722°E |
| • elevation | 701 m (2,300 ft) |
Echuca | |
| Basin features | |
Murray-Darling basin | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Kangaroo Creek, Myrtle Creek |
| • right | Little Coliban River |
| Waterfalls | Trentham Falls |
| [3] | |
The Coliban River, an inland
Campaspe River with the impounded Lake Eppalock
.
The river is a major water supply source for towns and cities in the lower Central Highlands region.
Location and features
The river rises below Little Hampton near
course.[3]
Kyneton, as well as many other smaller towns in the region. Today, the system supplies drinking water to a population exceeding 200,000.[4] Coliban Water manages the three major water supply reservoirs, which are part of the Eppalock Proclaimed Water Supply Catchment.[5]
Fauna and flora
The river is home to the platypus as well as eight native fish species, including the Macquarie perch. Four of the fish species are endangered and the trout cod is regarded as critically endangered in the river, and may no longer be present. Indigenous vegetation in the area includes the black gum (Eucalyptus aggregata) which, though once plentiful in the area, is now rare due to vegetation clearance over many years.[4]
Etymology
In the Aboriginal
Taungurung and Djadjawurrung languages, the names for the river is Pe-er, with no clearly defined meaning, and Dindelong yaluk, with yaluk meaning "river".[1][2][6]
See also
References
- ^ Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b Clark, Ian; Heydon, Toby (2011). "Coliban River: Traditional Names". Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
- ^ a b "Map of Coliban River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Your River: The Coliban - River Recovery". Greening Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ "Coliban Water". Coliban Water. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- RMIT University. p. 242.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coliban River.
- Public Record Office Victoria Photograph of Victorian Railways passenger train crossing the viaduct over the Coliban River at Malmsbury, November 1945.
- "Loddon–Campaspe". Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Australian Government. 2014. Archived from the originalon 23 October 2014.
- "Campaspe River longitudinal profile" (PDF). Murray-Darling Basin Authority (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 February 2014.
- "Campaspe". Our rivers. Environment Victoria.
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