Yea River

Yea (Kayigai)
River
Pipeline crossing the Yea River at Glenburn
Name origin: In honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central
LGA	Murrindindi
Part of	Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
- left	Captain Creek, Rocky Creek (Victoria), Rellimeiggam Creek, Ti Tree Creek
- right	Katy Creek, Murrindindi River
Towns	Toolangi, Castella, Glenburn, Yea
Source	Great Dividing Range
- location	below Mount Tanglefoot
- elevation	566 m (1,857 ft)
- coordinates	37°19′56″S 145°28′27″E / 37.33222°S 145.47417°E / -37.33222; 145.47417
Mouth	confluence with the Goulburn River
- location	northwest of Yea
- elevation	162 m (531 ft)
- coordinates	37°30′53″S 145°31′10″E / 37.51472°S 145.51944°E / -37.51472; 145.51944Coordinates: 37°30′53″S 145°31′10″E / 37.51472°S 145.51944°E / -37.51472; 145.51944
Length	74 km (46 mi)
Nature reserve	Murrindindi River Scenic Reserve
Location of the Yea River mouth in Victoria

The Yea River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria.

The Yea River rises in the Toolangi State Forest north-east of Toolangi and northwest of Mount Tanglefoot, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river generally flows in a northerly direction, generally aligned with the Melba Highway which crosses the river in its lower reaches. The river is joined by six tributaries including the Murrindindi River, flows east and north of the town of Yea before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River, near Ghin Ghin Bridge. The river descends 403 metres (1,322 ft) over its 74-kilometre (46 mi) course.

The river is also crossed by the Goulburn Valley Highway, east of Yea.

The suspected Aboriginal Taungurong language name for the river was Kayigai, with no clearly defined meaning. A surveyor's map of circa 1860 gives Kayigai or Muddy Creek, so it is likely that was the Aboriginal name of the river.