Yass River

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Yass River
Yass River Rail Bridge over the Yass River

Yass River Rail Bridge over the Yass River

Data
location New South Wales , Australia
River system Murray River
Drain over Murrumbidgee River  → Murray River  → Indian Ocean
source at Wamboin, southwest of Lake George
35 ° 16 ′ 11 ″  S , 149 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  E
Source height 758  m
muzzle Murrumbidgee River west of Yass Coordinates: 34 ° 53 '0 "  S , 148 ° 47' 0"  E 34 ° 53 '0 "  S , 148 ° 47' 0"  E
Mouth height 345  m
Height difference 413 m
Bottom slope 3 ‰
length 139 km
Left tributaries Back Creek, Murrumbateman Creek
Right tributaries Cohen Creek, Black Joes Creek, Bungendore Creek, Brooks Creek, Derringullen Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Lake Burrinjuke
Medium-sized cities Yass
Small towns Sutton, Gundaroo
Communities Wamboin

The Yass River is a river in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales .

course

It rises at Wamboin southwest of Lake George and flows from there to the northwest. The town of Yass is on the river just before its mouth in Lake Burrinjuke and thus into the Murrumbidgee River .

Surname

There are two competing theories as to the origin of the name 'Yass'. A member of Hume's expedition is said to have climbed a tree to get an overview of the land, and when asked if it was good grazing land, he replied "Yass" (yes). Another claim says that the name was derived from the Aboriginal expression 'Yharr' - apparently a local tribe expression for the river. The German translation is "flowing water".

See also

Web links

Commons : Yass River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map of Yass River, NSW . Bonzle.com