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Mitchell River (Victoria)

Mitchell (Wangan, Wy-yung, Wahyang)
River
Bairnsdale Victoria Aust Mit1.jpg
The Mitchell River in Bairnsdale
Name origin: In honour of Thomas Mitchell who was also the servayer general of NSW
Country Australia
State Victoria
Regions South East Corner (IBRA), South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), East Gippsland
Local government area Shire of East Gippsland
Part of East Gippsland catchment
Tributaries
 - left Sandy Creek (Victoria), Bald Hill Creek (Victoria), Watts Creek, Flaggy Creek, Prospect Creek (Victoria), Clifton Creek, Nicholson River, Tambo River, Mississippi Creek
 - right Cobbannah Creek, Bull Creek (Victoria), Woolshed Creek, Iguana Creek, Latrobe River
Settlements Lindenow, Bairnsdale
Landmark Den of Nargun
Source Great Dividing Range
Source confluence Wentworth and Wonnangatta Rivers and Swamp Creek
 - location Horseshoe Bend, north of Mitchell River National Park
 - elevation 137 m (449 ft)
 - coordinates 37°34′41″S 147°22′8″E / 37.57806°S 147.36889°E / -37.57806; 147.36889
Mouth Lake King
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 37°53′45″S 147°58′37″E / 37.89583°S 147.97694°E / -37.89583; 147.97694Coordinates: 37°53′45″S 147°58′37″E / 37.89583°S 147.97694°E / -37.89583; 147.97694
Length 121 km (75 mi)
National park Mitchell River NP
Lakes Lake Tabberabbera, Jones Bay, Lake King, Lake Wellington
Location of the Mitchell River mouth in Victoria

The Mitchell River is a perennial river of the East Gippsland catchment, located in the Australian state of Victoria. The unregulated river provides a unique example of riparian ecology, flowing generally south with the catchment area drawing from the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps to enter Lake King, one of the Gippsland Lakes, and then empty into the Bass Strait.

Formed by the confluence of the Wentworth and Wonnangatta rivers and Swamp Creek near Horseshoe Bend, north of the national park that bears its name, the Mitchell River rises in Lake Tabberabbera, drained by runoff from the southern Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally south in a highly meandering course in its upper reaches through the Mitchell River National Park, and then south by east as it spills onto the fertile Gippsland Plain west of Lindenow. The river then flows generally east towards Bairnsdale and empties into Jones Bay, part of Lake King, within the Gippsland Lakes via the silt jetties, a narrow 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long digitate delta. Within the lake, the Mitchell is joined by the Nicholson and Tambo rivers; and then enters Lake Victoria, where the Mitchell and Latrobe rivers form their confluence, with the Mitchell reaching its mouth in Bass Strait, south of Lakes Entrance. The river descends 137 metres (449 ft) over its 121-kilometre (75 mi) course; joined by more than thirteen tributaries, many of which are surrounded by dense native forest.


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