Mitchell River (Victoria)
| Mitchell | |
|---|---|
The Mitchell River in Bairnsdale | |
| Etymology | Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales |
| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| Region | South East Corner (IBRA), South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), East Gippsland |
| Local government area | Shire of East Gippsland |
| Settlements | Lindenow, Bairnsdale |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| Source confluence | Wentworth and Wonnangatta Rivers and Swamp Creek |
| • location | Horseshoe Bend, north of Mitchell River National Park |
| • coordinates | 37°34′41″S 147°22′8″E / 37.57806°S 147.36889°E |
| • elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Mouth | Lake King |
• coordinates | 37°53′45″S 147°58′37″E / 37.89583°S 147.97694°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 121 km (75 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,651.8 km2 (1,796.1 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 42.3 m3/s (1,330 GL/a) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | East Gippsland catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Sandy Creek (Victoria), Bald Hill Creek (Victoria), Watts Creek, Flaggy Creek, Prospect Creek (Victoria), Clifton Creek, Nicholson River, Tambo River, Mississippi Creek |
| • right | Cobbannah Creek, Bull Creek (Victoria), Woolshed Creek, Iguana Creek, Latrobe River |
| National park | Mitchell River NP |
The Mitchell River is a perennial river of the East Gippsland catchment, located in the Australian state of Victoria. The unregulated river provides a unique example of riparian ecology, flowing generally south with the catchment area drawing from the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps to enter Lake King, one of the Gippsland Lakes, and then empty into the Bass Strait.