Buffalo River (Victoria)

This article is about the river in Victoria, Australia. For other uses, see Buffalo River.
Buffalo
East Buffalo[1], West Buffalo[2]
River[3]
Country Australia
State Victoria
Regions Victorian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps
Local government area Alpine Shire
Part of North-East Murray catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
 - left Catherine River (Victoria), Brandy Creek, Four Mile Creek (Victoria), Dandongadale River, Cropper Creek, Long Corner Creek
 - right Camp Creek (Victoria), Yarrarabula Creek, Sandy Creek (Buffalo River, Victoria)
Source Buffalo Range, Victorian Alps
Source confluence East and West branches of the Buffalo River
 - location Mount Buffalo National Park
 - elevation 434 m (1,424 ft)
 - coordinates 36°58′56″S 146°46′13″E / 36.98222°S 146.77028°E / -36.98222; 146.77028
Mouth confluence with the Ovens River
 - location west of Myrtleford
 - elevation 206 m (676 ft)
 - coordinates 36°33′7″S 146°41′21″E / 36.55194°S 146.68917°E / -36.55194; 146.68917Coordinates: 36°33′7″S 146°41′21″E / 36.55194°S 146.68917°E / -36.55194; 146.68917
Length 65 km (40 mi)
National park Mount Buffalo National Park
Reservoir Lake Buffalo
Location of the Buffalo River mouth
in Victoria
[4]

The Buffalo River, a perennial river[3] of the North-East Murray catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. It flows from the eastern slopes of the Buffalo Range in the Australian Alps, joining with the Ovens River west of Myrtleford.[4]

Location and features

Formed by the east and west branches of the river, the headwaters of the Buffalo River rise in the Barry Mountains below Mount Selwyn and The Razor at an elevation exceeding 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) above sea level. The east and west branches of the river reach their confluence within the Mount Buffalo National Park, where the watercourse becomes the Buffalo River. The river flows generally north, much of its course through the remote national park, joined by nine tributaries including the Catherine River and the Dandongadale River, before reaching its confluence with the Ovens River west of the town of Myrtleford and adjacent to the Great Alpine Road. The river descends 228 metres (748 ft) over its 65-kilometre (40 mi) course.[4]

The river is impounded by the Buffalo Dam that creates the 24,000-megalitre (5.3×10^9 imp gal; 6.3×10^9 US gal) reservoir, called Lake Buffalo, that was completed in 1965 and supplies potable water to Myrtleford and irrigation of the Goulburn Valley.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buffalo River East Branch: 11810". Vicnames. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Buffalo River West Branch: 11812". Vicnames. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Buffalo River: 11810". Vicnames. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Map of Buffalo River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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