Ovens River
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Ovens River Burwang |
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 Course of the Ovens River |
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| Data | ||
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | Harrietville in the Alpine National Park 36 ° 53 ′ 14 ″ S , 147 ° 3 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| Source height | 529 m | |
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Murray River Coordinates: 36 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E 36 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 128 m | |
| Height difference | 401 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.1 ‰ | |
| length | 191 km | |
| Left tributaries | Ovens River West Branch, Smoko Creek, Morses Creek, Buckland River , Buffalo Creek, Buffalo River , Whorouly Creek, King River , Fifteen Mile Creek, Billabong Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Ovens River East Branch, Stony Creek, Snowy Creek, German Creek, Morgan Creek, One Mile Creek, Barwidgee Creek, Burgoigee Creek, Reedy Creek, Yellow Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Mulwala | |
| Big cities | Wangaratta | |
| Medium-sized cities | Bright, Myrtleford | |
| Small towns | Harrietville, Wandiligong, Porepunkah, Eurobin, Gapstead, Everton, Peechalba, Esmond, Bundalong | |
 Ovens River in Bundalong |
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The Ovens River is a river in the north of the Australian state of Victoria .
Hamilton Hume and William Hovell explored the area in 1824 and gave the Ovens River its name. The Aborigines living there called the river Burwang .
The river has its source in the Australian Alps and flows through Bright , Myrtleford and Wangaratta , where it receives the King River . In Bundalong joins the Ovens River in the Lake Mulwala and thus into the Murray River .
Ovens Valley
The river flows through the Ovens Valley, a popular resort area that provides access to the ski resorts of Mount Hotham , Mount Buffalo, and Falls Creek in Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park . Also sailing and paragliding are practiced here and in Wandiligong there is a maze with hedges. A disused railway line has been converted into a cycle path - called the Rail Trail - and runs from Wangaratta via Beechworth to Bright.
There are many wineries and hop fields in the area . Cyclists like to rest in the wine bars.
Until 2006 the tobacco industry was an important industry in the valley. That year, however, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris decided to stop buying Australian tobacco, and the Australian federal government launched a program to convert tobacco plantations to produce other agricultural goods. Everywhere in the valley you can still find traces of the long and successful history of tobacco growing, e.g. B. many drying sheds .
