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Ovens Valley

Ovens (Burwang, Djerrang)
River
Ovens river.jpg
Ovens River at Bright
Name origin: In honour of Major Ovens, the Secretary to Governor Thomas Brisbane
Country Australia
State Victoria
Regions Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps, Hume
Local government areas Alpine Shire, Wangaratta City, Moira Shire
Part of North-East Murray catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
 - left Morses Creek, Buckland River (Victoria), Buffalo River (Victoria), King River (Victoria)
Towns and cities Harrietville, Bright, Porepunkah, Myrtleford, Wangaratta
Source Great Dividing Range
Source confluence East and West Branches of the Ovens River
 - location Harrietville
 - elevation 529 m (1,736 ft)
 - coordinates 36°53′15″S 147°3′45″E / 36.88750°S 147.06250°E / -36.88750; 147.06250
Mouth confluence with the Murray River
 - location near Bundalong
 - elevation 125 m (410 ft)
 - coordinates 36°2′15″S 146°10′38″E / 36.03750°S 146.17722°E / -36.03750; 146.17722Coordinates: 36°2′15″S 146°10′38″E / 36.03750°S 146.17722°E / -36.03750; 146.17722
Length 191 km (119 mi)
Basin 7,778 km2 (3,003 sq mi)
Discharge
 - average 46 m3/s (1,624 cu ft/s)
National parks Alpine NP, Mount Buffalo NP
Map of the Ovens River.svg
Course of the Ovens River
in Victoria

The Ovens River, a perennial river of the north-east Murray catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine and Hume regions of the Australian state of Victoria.

Formed by the confluence of the East and West Branches of the river, the Ovens River rises in the Victorian Alps, at the settlement of Harrietville, sourced by runoff from high slopes located within the Alpine National Park and the Mount Buffalo National Park. The river flows generally north by west and is joined by eighteen tributaries including Morses Creek at Bright, the Buckland River at Porepunkah, the Buffalo River and then the King River at Wangaratta. The river descends 405 metres (1,329 ft) over its 191-kilometre (119 mi) course. The Great Alpine Road follows much of the course of the river in its upper reaches.

The river flows through the Ovens Valley, which is a popular tourist destination servicing the ski fields of Mount Hotham, Mount Buffalo and Falls Creek, the Alpine National Park and the Mount Buffalo National Park. Air sports such as gliding and paragliding are also practised here, and there is a hedge maze at Wandiligong. A disused railway line has been converted to the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail, a cycle trail which stretches from Wangaratta and Beechworth to Bright.


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