Latrobe River

	Latrobe River; La Trobe River
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	Data
location	Victoria , Australia
River system	Latrobe River
Drain over	Gippsland Lakes → Bass Strait
source	Noojee in the Great Dividing Range ; 37 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ S , 145 ° 45 ′ 52 ″ E
Source height	~ 600 m
muzzle	Lake Wellington Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 7 " S , 147 ° 14 ′ 13" E 38 ° 7 ′ 7 " S , 147 ° 14 ′ 13" E;
Mouth height	1 m
Height difference	599 m
Left tributaries	Ada River , Loch River , Toorongo River , Tanjil River , Tyers River , Thomson River
Right tributaries	Moe River , Narracan Creek, Morwell River , Traralgon Creek, Flynns Creek
Reservoirs flowed through	Lake Narracan
Medium-sized cities	Traralgon , Moe , Morwell

The Latrobe River , also La Trobe River , is a river in Gippsland in the Australian state of Victoria .

course

It rises in the area between Powelltown and Noojee , where it shares its catchment area with the Little Yarra River , a tributary of the Yarra River . In the further course it takes up some tributaries from the southern slopes of the Baw Baw Plateau , part of the Australian Alps . The Latrobe River flows first in an easterly direction, then south and finally east again through the Latrobe Valley into Lake Wellington , one of the Gippsland lakes . Its tributaries include the Moe River , Tanjil River, and Tyers River .

The lake narracan is a reservoir in the course of the river near Newborough , which for the cooling water supply to the nearby lignite power stations were built.

The river was named by WA Brodribb in 1841 after Charles La Trobe , the first lieutenant governor of the Port Phillip district .

Latrobe River La Trobe River
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Data
location	Victoria , Australia
River system	Latrobe River
Drain over	Gippsland Lakes → Bass Strait
source	Noojee in the Great Dividing Range 37 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ S , 145 ° 45 ′ 52 ″ E-37.895794 145.7644774 600
Source height	~ 600 m
muzzle	Lake Wellington Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 7 " S , 147 ° 14 ′ 13" E 38 ° 7 ′ 7 " S , 147 ° 14 ′ 13" E-38.1185 147.237 1 -38.1185 147.237 1
Mouth height	1 m
Height difference	599 m
Left tributaries	Ada River , Loch River , Toorongo River , Tanjil River , Tyers River , Thomson River
Right tributaries	Moe River , Narracan Creek, Morwell River , Traralgon Creek, Flynns Creek
Reservoirs flowed through	Lake Narracan
Medium-sized cities	Traralgon , Moe , Morwell