Yarrowee River
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 View of the Yarrowee River between Black Hill and East Ballarat west toward Peel Street. The Ballarat railway station clock tower is visible in the distance
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| Nickname: Yarrowee Creek | |
| Country | Australia |
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| State | Victoria |
| Region | Central Highlands |
| Part of | Corangamite catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Warrenheip Creek, Little Bendigo Creek, Canadian Creek, Redan Creek |
| - right | Gnarr Creek, Winter Creek, Ross Creek (Victoria) |
| City | Ballarat |
| Source | Gong Gong Creek |
| - location | Gong Gong |
| - elevation | 520 m (1,706 ft) |
| Mouth | Leigh River |
| - location | Cambrian Hill, Victoria |
| - elevation | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°37′48″S 143°49′54″E / 37.63000°S 143.83167°ECoordinates: 37°37′48″S 143°49′54″E / 37.63000°S 143.83167°E |
| Length | 43 km (26.7 mi) |
The Yarrowee River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Yarrowee is a major tributary and catchment of the Barwon River. The river's origins are in the hills at Gong Gong, and it is notable for passing through the settlement of Ballarat and crossing the City of Ballarat local government area before becoming the Leigh River in the vicinity of Cambrian Hill and Golden Plains Shire.
The river is a secondary water supply for the city of Ballarat. Its catchment contains several tributaries in the urban area including Gnarr Creek, Gong Gong Creek, Little Bendigo Creek and Warrenheip in the north eastern reaches and; Redan Creek, Canadian Creek and Buninyong Creek in the southern reaches. The river flows through the Ballarat suburbs of Gong Gong, Nerrina, Brown Hill, Black Hill, Ballarat East, Ballarat Central, Golden Point, Redan, Mount Pleasant, Sebastopol, Mount Clear, Magpie and Cambrian Hill. Tributaries in the catchment run through most other Ballarat suburbs and the river also marks the border between several suburbs.
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