Aire River (Victoria)
Aire | |
River[1] | |
The Great Ocean Walk across the Aire River, in 2007. | |
Name origin: After the River Aire.[2] | |
Country | Australia |
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State | Victoria |
Regions | South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways |
Local government area | Colac Otway Shire |
Part of | Corangamite catchment |
Tributaries | |
- left | Redwater Creek |
- right | Young Creek (Victoria), Little Aire Creek |
Landmark | Great Ocean Road Great Ocean Walk |
Source | Otway Ranges |
- location | near Beech Forest |
- elevation | 554 m (1,818 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°38′42″S 143°38′25″E / 38.64500°S 143.64028°E |
Mouth | Bass Strait |
- location | west of Cape Otway |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°48′26″S 143°27′32″E / 38.80722°S 143.45889°ECoordinates: 38°48′26″S 143°27′32″E / 38.80722°S 143.45889°E |
Length | 40 km (25 mi) |
National park | Great Otway National Park |
Waterfall | Hopetoun Falls |
[1][3] | |
The Aire River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Aire River rises below the Otway Ranges in a remote forestry area southeast of the locality of Beech Forest. The river generally flows west by south then south through the Great Otway National Park, joined by three minor tributaries, before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait west of Cape Otway.[4][5][6] The river descends 555 metres (1,821 ft) over its 40 kilometres (25 mi) course;[3] including a 49 metres (161 ft) descent over the Hopetoun Falls in its upper reaches, located at an elevation of 314 metres (1,030 ft) above sea level.[7]
The river is traversed by the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk near the river's mouth.[3]
It was named by the surveyor George Smythe after the River Aire in Yorkshire, England.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Aire River: 33". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- 1 2 Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Map of Aire River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Aire River (East): Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Aire River (West): Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Aire Crossing: Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Map of Hopetoun Falls, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
External links
- "Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014.
- "Corangamite Catchment Management Authority". Government of Victoria. 2014.