Timbarra River (Victoria)

Coordinates: 37°33′57″S 147°58′13″E / 37.56583°S 147.97028°E / -37.56583; 147.97028
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This article is about the watercourse in
Victoria, Australia. For the watercourse in New South Wales, Australia, see Timbarra River (New South Wales)
.

Timbarra
Victoria
RegionSouth East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland
Local government areaShire of East Gippsland
Physical characteristics
SourceNunniong Plains, Great Dividing Range
 • locationbelow Blue Shirt Hill, Victorian Alps
 • coordinates37°7′40″S 147°59′47″E / 37.12778°S 147.99639°E / -37.12778; 147.99639
 • elevation1,260 m (4,130 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Tambo River
 • location
southeast of Tambo Crossing
 • coordinates
37°33′57″S 147°58′13″E / 37.56583°S 147.97028°E / -37.56583; 147.97028
 • elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Length90 km (56 mi)
Basin features
River systemMitchell River catchment
Tributaries 
 • rightBack River (Victoria), Wilkinson Creek, Cutts Creek, Mount Elizabeth Creek
[1][2]

The Timbarra River is a

Victoria.[3]

Course and features

The Timbarra River rises on the Nunniong Plains, below Blue Shirt Hill, that is part of the

gorges, with a bed of gravel, boulders and mud and numerous pools.[6] Along its route it passes through the small settlement of Timbarra, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Buchan.[4]

Together with the Nicholson, Tambo, and Mitchell rivers, and their respective drainage basins, including the Timbarra River, the rivers empty into the Gippsland Lakes and flow into Bass Strait.[2][3][4][7]

The isolated Timbarra River Gorge, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Timbarra, has been classified as a site of local significance by the Geological Society of Australia.[8]

Ecology and recreation

The Timbarra River is in good environmental condition, and maintains a reliable year-round flow.[5][9]

Although access to the river is difficult, it remains popular for fishing, especially for the introduced brown trout which spawn naturally in the river without the need for artificial stocking.[6] Native fish found in the river include the vulnerable Australian grayling, the river blackfish, tupong, and eels.[6]

The

Swifts Creek School has named one of its sports houses Timbara, after the river.[10]

See also

References

  1. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original
    on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Map of Timbarra River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^
    Commonwealth of Australia
    . 1982.
  4. ^
    ISSN 1329-5284
    .
  5. ^ a b "Timbarra River – Tambo Nicholson Catchment". East Gippsland Directories. G.W. & L.A. Keating. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  6. ^
    Government of Victoria
    . 1996–2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  7. East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. Archived from the original
    on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  8. Government of Victoria
    . 1996–2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  9. Government of Victoria
    . 1996–2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Swifts Creek Secondary College – About: Sport". Swifts Creek P-12 School. 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links

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