Mitchell River (Victoria)

This article is about the river in Victoria, Australia. For the river in Queensland, Australia, see Mitchell River (Queensland). For the river in Western Australia, see Mitchell River (Western Australia).
For other uses, see Mitchell River.

Mitchell
The Mitchell River in Bairnsdale
Mitchell River (Victoria) is located in Victoria
Mitchell River (Victoria)
Location of the Mitchell River mouth in Victoria
EtymologyThomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales[1]
Native name
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionSouth East Corner (IBRA), South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), East Gippsland
Local government areaShire of East Gippsland
SettlementsLindenow, Bairnsdale
Physical characteristics
SourceGreat Dividing Range
Source confluenceWentworth and Wonnangatta Rivers and Swamp Creek
 • locationHorseshoe Bend, north of Mitchell River National Park
 • coordinates37°34′41″S 147°22′8″E / 37.57806°S 147.36889°E / -37.57806; 147.36889
 • elevation137 m (449 ft)
MouthLake King
 • coordinates
37°53′45″S 147°58′37″E / 37.89583°S 147.97694°E / -37.89583; 147.97694
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length121 km (75 mi)
Basin size4,651.8 km2 (1,796.1 sq mi)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average42.3 m3/s (1,330 GL/a)[5]
Basin features
River systemEast Gippsland catchment
Tributaries 
 • leftSandy Creek (Victoria), Bald Hill Creek (Victoria), Watts Creek, Flaggy Creek, Prospect Creek (Victoria), Clifton Creek, Nicholson River, Tambo River, Mississippi Creek
 • rightCobbannah Creek, Bull Creek (Victoria), Woolshed Creek, Iguana Creek, Latrobe River
National parkMitchell River NP
[6][7]

The Mitchell River is a perennial river of the East Gippsland catchment, located in the Australian state of Victoria. The unregulated river provides a unique example of riparian ecology, flowing generally south with the catchment area drawing from the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps to enter Lake King, one of the Gippsland Lakes, and then empty into the Bass Strait.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Daley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Mitchell River: 21158: Traditional Name: Wangan". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Mitchell River: 21158: Traditional Name: Wy-yung". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Mitchell River: 21158: Traditional Name: Wahyang". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b "East Coastal Watersheds".
  6. ^ "Mitchell River: 21158". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Map of Mitchell River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2014.