Broken River (Goulburn River)
| Broken River | ||
 Rivers of the Broken and Goulburn Rivers |
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| Data | ||
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Goulburn River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | Bald Hill, west of Alpine National Park 36 ° 51 ′ 13 ″ S , 146 ° 0 ′ 29 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1190 m | |
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Goulburn River Coordinates: 36 ° 23 ′ 38 " S , 145 ° 23 ′ 2" E 36 ° 23 ′ 38 " S , 145 ° 23 ′ 2" E |
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| Mouth height | 115 m | |
| Height difference | 1075 m | |
| Bottom slope | 6.2 ‰ | |
| length | 174 km | |
| Left tributaries | Collins Creek, Moonee Creek, Baddaginnie Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Broken River East Branch, Bridge Creek, Blue Range Creek, Back Creek, Samaria Creek, Castle Creek, Holland Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Nillahcootie , Lake Benalla | |
| Big cities | Shepparton | |
| Medium-sized cities | Benalla | |
| Small towns | Nillahcootie, Barjarg, Lima South, Yin Barun, Goomalibee, Nalinga, Orvale | |
 Lake Benalla was created at a weir of the Broken River |
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The Broken River is a river in the center of the Australian state of Victoria .
course
It rises below Bald Hill northeast of Mansfield and flows into the Goulburn River at Shepparton .
Surname
The name ( German Broken River ) probably goes back to the fact that the river only consists of a series of water holes in dry times. When the water level is high, however, the Broken River is one of the fastest flowing rivers in Australia.
The city of Benalla on the river was called Broken River after it was founded until the 1850s .