Toorongo River

Toorongo
River[1]
Country Australia
State Victoria
Regions South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), West Gippsland
Local government area Shire of Baw Baw
Part of West Gippsland catchment
Tributaries
 - left Mundic Creek
Source Cone Hill, Mount Toorongo Range, Great Dividing Range
 - location remote country east northeast of Powelltown
 - elevation 705 m (2,313 ft)
 - coordinates 37°48′36″S 146°3′17″E / 37.81000°S 146.05472°E / -37.81000; 146.05472
Mouth confluence with the Latrobe River
 - location north of Neerim North
 - elevation 215 m (705 ft)
 - coordinates 37°54′20″S 146°1′29″E / 37.90556°S 146.02472°E / -37.90556; 146.02472Coordinates: 37°54′20″S 146°1′29″E / 37.90556°S 146.02472°E / -37.90556; 146.02472
Length 12 km (7 mi)
National park Hawthorn Creek Reference Area
Location of the Toorongo River mouth in Victoria
[1][2]

The Toorongo River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Course and features

Toorongo River rises below Cone Hill within the Mount Toorongo Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, in remote country east northeast of Powelltown. The river flows generally south, joined by one minor tributary and is fed by drainage spilling over the Toorongo Falls, before reaching its confluence with the Latrobe River, near the Mount Baw Baw Road, north of the locality of Neerim North in the Shire of Baw Baw. The river descends 490 metres (1,610 ft) over its 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) course.[2]

The Toorongo River sub-catchment area is managed by the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Toorongo River: 28036". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Map of Toorongo River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2014.


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