Little Dargo | |
River | |
Name origin: Aboriginal (Dhudhuroa/Waywurru): to have patience, to wait | |
Country | Australia |
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State | Victoria |
Regions | Australian Alps (IBRA), South East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps |
LGA | Alpine Shire |
Part of | Mitchell River catchment |
Tributaries | |
- right | Jones Creek (Victoria) |
Source | Gow Plain, Great Dividing Range |
- location | west of Dinner Plain |
- elevation | 1,560 m (5,118 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°15′10″S 147°15′58″E / 37.25278°S 147.26611°E |
Mouth | confluence with the Dargo River |
- location | south of Dargo |
- elevation | 160 m (525 ft) |
- coordinates | 37°15′10″S 147°15′57″E / 37.25278°S 147.26583°ECoordinates: 37°15′10″S 147°15′57″E / 37.25278°S 147.26583°E |
Length | 21 km (13 mi) |
National park | Alpine NP |
The Little Dargo River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Little Dargo River rises below the Gow Plain, part of the Great Dividing Range, southwest of Dinner Plain in the Alpine National Park. The river flows generally south by east, joined by one minor tributary before reaching its confluence with the Dargo River, within the Shepherd Creek Reference Area, in the Alpine Shire. The river descends 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) over its 21-kilometre (13 mi) course.
In the Australian Aboriginal Dhudhuroa and Waywurru languages, the name dargo means "to have patience" or "to wait".