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Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Big River mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Mansfield |
Length: | 62km (39miles) |
Source1: | Yarra Ranges, Great Dividing Range |
Source Confluence: | Springs Creek and Oaks Creek |
Source Confluence Location: | remote state forestry land |
Source Confluence Coordinates: | -37.6069°N 146.0308°W |
Source Confluence Elevation: | 608m (1,995feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Goulburn River |
Mouth Location: | Lake Eildon |
Mouth Coordinates: | -37.315°N 146.0497°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 260m (850feet) |
River System: | Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
Tributaries Left: | Torbreck River, Taponga River |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Lake Eildon National Park |
Extra: | [1] |
The Big River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters of the Big River rise on the northern slopes of the Yarra Ranges and descend to flow into the Goulburn River within Lake Eildon.
Formed by the confluence of the Springs and Oaks Creeks, the Big River rises in remote state forestry country on the northern slopes of the Yarra Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally north, through rugged national park and state forests as the river descends, joined by thirteen tributaries including the Torbreck River and the Taponga River, before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River within the impounded Lake Eildon, located in the Lake Eildon National Park. The river descends over its 62km (39miles) course.[1]