Wonnangatta | |
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Native name | Wontwun,[1][2] WonnangaUa[3] (Kurnai) |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | Victoria |
Region | Australian Alps (IBRA), South East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland |
LGAs | Mansfield, Wellington, East Gippsland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Despair, Great Dividing Range |
• location | east of Mansfield |
• coordinates | 37°8′14″S 146°45′48″E / 37.13722°S 146.76333°E |
• elevation | 1,220 m (4,000 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Wentworth River and Swamp Creek to form the Mitchell River |
• location | Horseshoe Bend, north of Mitchell River National Park |
• coordinates | 37°34′41″S 147°22′8″E / 37.57806°S 147.36889°E |
• elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
Length | 151 km (94 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Mitchell River catchment |
Tributaries | |
• left | Humffray River, Black Snake Creek, Wongungarra River, Dargo River |
• right | Dry River, Conglomerate Creek, Moroka River, Scrubby Creek, Wombat Creek, Castleburn Creek, Bulgaback Creek |
National park | Alpine NP |
[4][5] |
The Wonnangatta River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine and East Gippsland regions of the Australian state of Victoria.