Wimmera River

Wimmera
The Wimmera River at Jeparit
Location of the Wimmera River mouth in Victoria
Native name	Walla-walla, Wamara, Bunnut, Culcatok, Barbarton, Billiwhin, Wudjum-biat, Bar, Barengi-djul, Yaigir, Wudiyedi, Barrh, Tarnorrer, Barkar, Guri-beb, Giridji-gal, Wadidirabul, Maripmunninnera[1][2][3]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Murray Darling Depression (IBRA), Wimmera
Local government areas	Ararat, Northern Grampians, Yarriambiack, Horsham, Hindmarsh
Towns	Elmhurst, Crowlands, Glenorchy, Horsham, Dimboola, Tarranyurk, Jeparit
Physical characteristics
Source	Pyrenees, Great Dividing Range
• location	below Ben Nevis, in a state forestry area south of Elmhurst
• coordinates	37°16′29″S 143°15′00″E / 37.27472°S 143.25000°E / -37.27472; 143.25000
• elevation	299 m (981 ft)
Mouth	Lake Hindmarsh, Lake Albacutya
• location	Outlook Creek, near Jeparit
• coordinates	36°06′42″S 141°56′51″E / 36.11167°S 141.94750°E / -36.11167; 141.94750
• elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Length	278 km (173 mi)
Basin size	24,011 km2 (9,271 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	13 m3/s (460 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Wimmera catchment
Tributaries
• left	Mount Cole Creek, Six Mile Creek (Wimmera), Seven Mile Creek (Wimmera), Concongella Creek, Sheepwash Creek, Mount William Creek, Mackenzie River, Burnt Creek, Darragan Creek, Norton Creek
• right	Glenpatrick Creek, Glenlofty Creek, Spring Creek (Wimmera), Heifer Station Creek
National parks	Wyperfeld National Park, Little Desert National Park
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The Wimmera River, an inland intermittent river of the Wimmera catchment, is located in the Grampians and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Rising in the Pyrenees, on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the Wimmera River flows generally north by west and drains into Lake Hindmarsh^[5] and Lake Albacutya,^[5] a series of ephemeral lakes that, whilst they do not directly empty into a defined watercourse, form part of the Murray River catchment of the Murray-Darling basin.