Stony Creek (Melbourne)
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| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Yarra River | |
| Drain over | Yarra River → Port Phillip Bay → Bass Strait | |
| source | at St. Albans (West Melbourne ) 37 ° 44 ′ 56 " S , 144 ° 48 ′ 23" E |
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Yarra River Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′ 42 " S , 144 ° 53 ′ 47" E 37 ° 49 ′ 42 " S , 144 ° 53 ′ 47" E |
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| length | approx. 15 km | |
| Right tributaries | Kororoit Creek | |
| Big cities | Melbourne | |
The Stony Creek is a creek in the southern Australian state of Victoria . It flows through the western suburbs of Melbourne , St. Alban , Albion , Sunshine , Braybrook , Tottenham , Brooklyn , Kingsville and Yarraville .
At the moment (February 2011) the upper reaches of Stony Creek are in bad shape from an environmental point of view; in this area it can best be characterized as a rainwater runoff . Most of its way through Sunshine, it runs underground and only comes back to light at Hill Reserve . Its further course leads through heavily industrialized area; but there it is lined with trees.
The Stony Creek flows into the Yarra River at Yarraville under the West Gate Bridge . The estuary is called Stony Creek Backwash and is fringed by mangroves .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 .
- ↑ Williamstown workshop piers and stony creek backwash. Parks Victoria. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .