Toorongo | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Toorongo River mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), West Gippsland |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Shire of Baw Baw |
Length: | 12km (07miles) |
Source1: | Cone Hill, Mount Toorongo Range, Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | remote country east northeast of |
Source1 Coordinates: | -37.81°N 146.0547°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 705m (2,313feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Latrobe River |
Mouth Location: | north of |
Mouth Coordinates: | -37.9056°N 146.0247°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 215m (705feet) |
River System: | West Gippsland catchment |
Tributaries Left: | Mundic Creek |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Hawthorn Creek Reference Area |
Extra: | [1] [2] |
The Toorongo River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Toorongo River rises below Cone Hill within the Mount Toorongo Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, in remote country east northeast of . The river flows generally south, joined by one minor tributary and is fed by drainage spilling over the Toorongo Falls, before reaching its confluence with the Latrobe River, near the Mount Baw Baw Road, north of the locality of in the Shire of Baw Baw. The river descends over its 12km (07miles) course.[2]
The Toorongo River sub-catchment area is managed by the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority.