Yea River
| Yea River | ||
 Pipeline over the Yea River at Glenburn |
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| Data | ||
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Murray River | |
| Drain over | Goulburn River (Murray River) → Murray River → Indian Ocean | |
| source |
Mount Tanglefoot , north of Yarra Ranges National Park 37 ° 29 ′ 47 ″ S , 145 ° 30 ′ 6 ″ E |
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| Source height | 566 m | |
| muzzle |
Goulburn River Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 54 " S , 145 ° 22 ′ 12" E 37 ° 10 ′ 54 " S , 145 ° 22 ′ 12" E |
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| Mouth height | 162 m | |
| Height difference | 404 m | |
| Bottom slope | 5.5 ‰ | |
| length | 73.6 km | |
| Left tributaries | Captain Creek, Rocky Creek, Relimeiggam Creek, Ti Tree Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Katy Creek, Murrindindi River | |
| Medium-sized cities | Yea | |
| Small towns | Toolangi, Glenburn | |
The Yea River is a river in the middle of the Australian state of Victoria .
It rises at Mount Tanglefoot east of Toolangi and north of the Yarra Ranges National Park , flows north and flows into the Goulburn River near the town of Yea .
The river and town are named after Colonel Lacy Walter Yea , a British Army officer who died in the Crimean War in 1855 . That year the city of Yea was founded.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map of Yea River, VIC . Bonzle.com
- ↑ Visitor Information - Yea . Murrindindi.vic.gov.au ( Memento from February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Colonel Lacy Walter Yea . The Sunday Age (October 3, 2010). P. 17
- ↑ Ernest Marsh Lloyd: Yea, Lacy Walter Giles . in Sidney Lee: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 . Smith, Elder & Co. (London 1900). Volume 63