Crooked River (Wongungarra River)
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| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Latrobe River | |
| Drain over | Wongungarra River → Wonnangatta River → Mitchell River → Gippsland Lakes → Bass Strait | |
| source | south of Dargo High Plains 37 ° 14 ′ 20 ″ S , 147 ° 11 ′ 47 ″ E |
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| Source height | 653 m | |
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Wongungarra River Coordinates: 37 ° 21 '24 " S , 147 ° 4' 30" E 37 ° 21 '24 " S , 147 ° 4' 30" E |
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| Mouth height | 287 m | |
| Height difference | 366 m | |
| Bottom slope | 14 ‰ | |
| length | 25.5 km | |
| Left tributaries | Twenty Five Mile Creek, Good Luck Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Thirty Mile Creek, Brewery Creek | |
| Communities | Naarun, Hogtown, Talbotville | |
The Crooked River is a river in eastern Gippsland in the Australian state of Victoria .
course
It rises in the plain below the Dargo High Plains at an altitude of 653 m at the confluence of Thirty Mile Creek and Twenty Five Mile Creek . The northern source river (30 Mile Creek) rises below White Timber at a height of 874 m, takes up the Frosty Creek and reaches after 8.6 km the Crooked River, the 19.6 km southern source river (25 Mile Creek) rises below the Gow Plain at an altitude of 1560 m.
The Crooked River flows - as the name suggests - strongly meandering to the southwest and flows into the Wongungarra River after 25.5 km . Good Luck Creek flows into Naarun from the east . Shortly before the opening in the Wongungarra River, before Talbotville , he takes the coming from the north Brewery Creek on.