geo.wikisort.org - RiverThe Buffalo River, a perennial river[4] of the North-East Murray catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. It flows from the eastern slopes of the Buffalo Range in the Australian Alps, joining with the Ovens River west of Myrtleford.[3]
River in Victoria, Australia
Buffalo
East Buffalo, [1] West Buffalo [2] |
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Location of the Buffalo River mouth in Victoria |
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Country | Australia |
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State | Victoria |
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Region | Victorian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps |
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Local government area | Alpine Shire |
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Source | Buffalo Range, Victorian Alps |
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Source confluence | East and West branches of the Buffalo River |
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• location | Mount Buffalo National Park |
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• coordinates | 36°58′56″S 146°46′13″E |
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• elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
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Mouth | confluence with the Ovens River |
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• location | west of Myrtleford |
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• coordinates | 36°33′7″S 146°41′21″E |
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• elevation | 206 m (676 ft) |
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Length | 65 km (40 mi) |
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River system | North-East Murray catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
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Tributaries | |
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• left | Catherine River (Victoria), Brandy Creek, Four Mile Creek (Victoria), Dandongadale River, Cropper Creek, Long Corner Creek |
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• right | Camp Creek (Victoria), Yarrarabula Creek, Sandy Creek (Buffalo River, Victoria) |
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National park | Mount Buffalo National Park |
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Location and features
Formed by the east and west branches of the river, the headwaters of the Buffalo River rise in the Barry Mountains below Mount Selwyn and The Razor at an elevation exceeding 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. The east and west branches of the river reach their confluence within the Mount Buffalo National Park, where the watercourse becomes the Buffalo River. The river flows generally north, much of its course through the remote national park, joined by nine tributaries including the Catherine River and the Dandongadale River, before reaching its confluence with the Ovens River west of the town of Myrtleford and adjacent to the Great Alpine Road. The river descends 228 metres (748 ft) over its 65-kilometre (40 mi) course.[3]
The river is impounded by the Buffalo Dam that creates the 24,000-megalitre (5.3×10^9 imp gal; 6.3×10^9 US gal) reservoir, called Lake Buffalo, that was completed in 1965 and supplies potable water to Myrtleford and irrigation of the Goulburn Valley.[5]
See also
- Australia portal
References
Rivers of the North–East Murray catchment of the Murray–Darling basin, in Victoria, Australia |
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Kiewa Basin | Rivers | |
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Creeks |
- Back (Kiewa)
- House
- Kichington
- Middle (Kiewa)
- Mountain
- Rocky Valley
- Running (Kiewa)
- Yackandandah
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Ovens Basin | Rivers | |
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Creeks |
- Black Dog
- Black Mare
- Black Range
- Boggy (Ovens)
- Buffalo Creek
- Burgoigee
- Diddah Diddah
- Evans
- Factory
- Fifteen Mile
- Happy Valley
- Hodgsons
- Hurdle
- Indigo
- Meadow
- Morses
- Reedy (Ovens)
- Whim
- Whorouly
- Yarrarabula
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Lakes | |
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Upper Murray Basin | Rivers | |
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Creeks |
- Beetoomba
- Benambra
- Buckwong
- Buenba
- Burrowye
- Cobungra Creek
- Corryong
- Cudgewa
- Dead Horse
- Dry Forest
- Fairyknowe
- Guys Forest
- Johnston
- Jones (Upper Murray)
- Kane
- Koetong
- Lightning
- Little Scrubby
- Little Snowy
- Limestone
- Livingstone
- Log Bridge
- Middle (Upper Murray)
- Morass
- Omeo
- Reedy (Upper Murray)
- Sandy (Upper Murray)
- Shady (Upper Murray)
- Simpson
- Snowy
- Spring (Upper Murray)
- Stony (Upper Murray)
- Tallangatta
- Thawgla
- Walwa
- Watchingorra
- Wheeler
- Wombat
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Lakes | |
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- Rivers of Victoria
- North-East catchment
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Rivers of Victoria |
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Rivers that flow towards the coast |
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Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin |
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North–East catchment | |
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Goulburn Broken catchment | |
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North–Central catchment | |
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Mallee catchment | |
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Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin, Australia |
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Catchments predominantly in Queensland |
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Catchments predominantly in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory |
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Murray catchment |
- Back (Edward)
- Back (Billabong 1)
- Back (Billabong 2)
- Billabong
- Box
- Cootnite
- Estuary
- Forest
- Four Mile
- Jerra Jerra
- Kangaroo
- Little Billabong
- Lunts
- Mahonga
- Mountain
- Nowranie
- Piccaninny
- Sawyers
- Sheep Wash
- Simmons
- Ten Mile
- Tumudgery
- Tuppal
- Yarra Yarra
Darling catchment |
- Bulbodney
- Burrill
- Bywash Billabong
- Cookopie
- Coonalhugga
- Genaren
- Glue Pot
- Gundong
- Gunningbar
- Kellys Cowal
- Moonagee Cowal
- Mulla Mulla Cowal
- Nyangi Bogan Cowal
- Popiltah
- Redbank
- Sandy (Bogan)
- Stony (Darling Anabranch)
- Tomingley
Barwon / Macquarie sub-catchment |
- Abington
- Attunga
- Bakers
- Bald
- Berrygil
- Boiling Down (Goonoo Goonoo)
- Bowman
- Brigalow
- Bundock
- Carole
- Cheshire
- Clay
- Coolibar
- Crossing
- Duncans
- Dungowan
- Emu Swamp
- Evans Plains
- Ewenmar
- Frazers (Coonamble)
- Goonoo Goonoo
- Halls (Gwydir)
- Halls (Mehi)
- Halls (Namoi)
- Horsearm
- Jamiesons
- Lambruk
- Limestone
- Menedebri
- Middlebrook (Goonoo Goonoo)
- Mountain (Sandy (Peel 2))
- Moonbi
- Moore
- Moredun
- Mulla Mulla
- Oakey (Peel)
- Oakey (Jamiesons)
- Queen Charlottes
- Quegobla
- Quirindi
- Reedy (Peel)
- Sandy (Bogan)
- Sandy (Bohena)
- Sandy (Gwydir)
- Sandy (Jamiesons)
- Sandy (Peel 1)
- Sandy (Peel 2)
- Sandy (Talbragar)
- Spring (Goonoo Goonoo)
- Swamp Oak
- Tangaratta
- Timbumburi
- Tycannah
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Murrumbidgee catchment |
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Catchments predominantly in Victoria |
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Catchments predominantly in South Australia |
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На других языках
[de] Buffalo River (Ovens River)
Der Buffalo River ist ein Fluss im Osten des australischen Bundesstaates Victoria.
- [en] Buffalo River (Victoria)
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