Swamp | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Swamp Creek mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Australian Alps (IBRA), South East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | East Gippsland |
Length: | 17km (11miles) |
Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | east of |
Source1 Coordinates: | -37.4689°N 147.3267°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 746m (2,448feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Wentworth and Wonnangatta rivers to form the Mitchell River |
Mouth Location: | Horseshoe Bend, north of Mitchell River National Park |
Mouth Coordinates: | -37.5781°N 147.3689°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 108m (354feet) |
River System: | Mitchell River catchment |
Custom Label: | National park |
Extra: | [1] [2] |
Swamp Creek is a perennial stream of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine and East Gippsland regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
Swamp Creek rises below an unnamed peak, part of the Great Dividing Range, east of in a remote state forestry area. The creek flows generally south by southeast, before reaching its confluence with the Wentworth and Wonnangatta rivers to form the Mitchell River north of the Mitchell River National Park, in the Shire of East Gippsland. The creek descends over its 17km (11miles) course.[2]