Tambo River (Victoria)

Tambo (Berrawan)
River
The Tambo River and Tambo Valley, south of Ensay
Name origin: Aboriginal Ngarigo: meaning "fish"
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	South East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland
Local government area	Shire of East Gippsland
Part of	Mitchell River catchment
Tributaries
- left	Tambo River South Branch, Bindi Creek, Junction Creek, Sandy Creek (Victoria), Little River, Collins Creek, Timbarra River, Dead Horse Creek
- right	McLean Creek, Duggan Creek, Bald Hill Creek (Victoria), Swifts Creek (Victoria), Running Creek, Haunted Stream, Shady Creek, Monkey Creek
Towns	Swifts Creek, Ensay, Tambo Crossing, Bruthen, Swan Reach, Johnsonville
Source	Mount Leinster, Bowen Mountains, Great Dividing Range
- location	Victorian Alps
- elevation	1,060 m (3,478 ft)
- coordinates	36°57′S 147°54′E / 36.950°S 147.900°E / -36.950; 147.900
Mouth	Lake King to form confluence with the Mitchell River
- location	near Metung
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	37°51′26″S 147°48′40″E / 37.85722°S 147.81111°E / -37.85722; 147.81111Coordinates: 37°51′26″S 147°48′40″E / 37.85722°S 147.81111°E / -37.85722; 147.81111
Length	186 km (116 mi)
Nature reserve	Mount Tambo Scenic Reserve
Location of the Tambo River mouth in Victoria

The Tambo River or Berrawan is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. With a total length in excess of 186 kilometres (116 mi), the Tambo River is one of the longest rivers in the East Gippsland drainage basin, extending from the steep forested southern slopes of the Victorian Alps through forest and farmland to the Gippsland Lakes.

The Tambo River rises in the Bowen Mountains, below Mount Leinster in the Victorian Alps, part of the Great Dividing Range, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Benambra. The river flows generally south by south southeast by south southwest, joined by sixteen tributaries including the Little and Timbarra rivers, before reaching its mouth and emptying into Lake King, one of the main lakes in the extensive Gippsland Lakes system. Within the lake, the Tambo River forms confluence with the Mitchell River, west of the village of Metung, with the Mitchell River draining into Bass Strait southwest of Lakes Entrance, in the Shire of East Gippsland. The river descends 1,060 metres (3,480 ft) over its 186-kilometre (116 mi) course.

Along its route it passes by the towns or localities of Bindi, Tongio, Swifts Creek, Ensay, Tambo Crossing, Bruthen, Tambo Upper, Swan Reach, and Johnsonville.