Watts River (Yarra River)

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Watts River
Data
location Victoria , Australia
River system Yarra River
Drain over Yarra River  → Port Phillip Bay  → Bass Strait
source Mount Vinegar in the Great Dividing Range
37 ° 41 ′ 52 ″  S , 145 ° 41 ′ 17 ″  E
Source height 865  m
muzzle Yarra River Coordinates: 37 ° 39 ′ 33 "  S , 145 ° 29 ′ 29"  E 37 ° 39 ′ 33 "  S , 145 ° 29 ′ 29"  E
Mouth height 76.9  m
Height difference 788.1 m
Bottom slope 27 ‰
length 28.9 km
Left tributaries Grace Burn
Right tributaries Martle Creek, Ettersion Creek, Donelly Creek, Meyers Creek, New Chum Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Maroondah Reservoir
Medium-sized cities Healesville
Small towns Fernshaw

The Watts River is a river in the south of the Australian state of Victoria and a tributary of the Yarra River .

It has its source in Yarra Ranges National Park on the slopes of Mount Vinegar and flows northwest to the small town of Fernshaw . Then it turns its course to the southwest and flows through the Maroondah Reservoir . It leaves the national park, flows through Healesville and west of the city into the Yarra River.

Tributaries of the Watts River are (upstream):

  • New Chum Creek
  • Meyers Creek
  • Donelly Creek (to Maroondah Reservoir)
  • Grace Burn (to the Maroondah Reservoir)
  • Ettersglen Creek
  • Myrtle Creek

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Map of Watts River, VIC . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 .