Mackenzie | |
Name Native: | |
Name Other: | McKenzie (incorrectly) |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Mackenzie River mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Murray Darling Depression (IBRA), Grampians |
Subdivision Type4: | Local government areas |
Subdivision Name4: | Northern Grampians, Yarriambiack, Horsham |
Subdivision Type5: | Towns |
Subdivision Name5: | Wartook, Rosebrook |
Length: | 57km (35miles) |
Source1: | Grampian Range, Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | Grampians National Park |
Source1 Coordinates: | -37.1129°N 142.4061°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 323m (1,060feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Wimmera River |
Mouth Location: | southwest of |
Mouth Coordinates: | -36.7444°N 141.9475°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 131m (430feet) |
River System: | Wimmera catchment |
Tributaries Right: | Bungalally Creek |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Grampians National Park |
Extra: | [4] |
The Mackenzie River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, is located in the Grampians region of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising in the Grampians National Park, on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Mackenzie River flows generally north by west and drains into the Wimmera River, southwest of .
The Mackenzie River rises on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and flows generally west by north, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its mouth to flow into the Wimmera River at Haven; southwest of Horsham. The Mackenzie River descends over its 57km (35miles) course.[4]
The river is crossed by the Henty Highway, south of Horsham.
In the local Aboriginal language the river is named Bun-nah, meaning "tea-tree scrub"; and in the Jardwadjali language, Bunud, meaning "mallee tree, tea-tree scrub".[1] [2] [3]