Delatite River
| Delatite River | ||
 Delatite River at Mirimbah |
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| Data | ||
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Goulburn River → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source |
Mount Buller / Mount Stirling in the Alpine National Park 37 ° 8 ′ 40 ″ S , 146 ° 29 ′ 43 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1490 m | |
| muzzle |
Goulburn River Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E 37 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 260 m | |
| Height difference | 1230 m | |
| Bottom slope | 15 ‰ | |
| length | 84.8 km | |
| Left tributaries | Lanky Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Plain Creek, Stony Creek, Devil Plain Creek, River Creek, Howes Creek, Ford Creek, Burnt Creek, Brankeet Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Eildon | |
| Small towns | Mirimbah, Merrijig, Delatite, Piries, Goughs Bay | |
The Delatite River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of Victoria .
course
The river rises between the winter sports resorts of Mount Stirling and Mount Buller on the western edge of the Alpine National Park . From the source it runs west through the small towns of Mirimbah , Merrijig , Delatite and Piries . At Goughs Bay it flows into Lake Eildon , a reservoir in the course of the Goulburn River. After around 85 kilometers , the Delatite River flows into the Goulburn River .
Surname
The river was named after Delotite , the wife of the Aboriginal leader Beolite , who headed the Yowung Illum Baluk clan of the Taungurung .