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The Cumberland River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the
The Cumberland River rises south of Mount Cowley and south-east of the Benwerrin-Mount Sabine Road in the
The river was probably named by surveyor George Smythe in 1846, either for the Duke of Cumberland or for the schooner in which Charles Grimes explored Port Phillip and
Australia
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n state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Cumberland River rises south of Mount Cowley and south-east of the Benwerrin-Mount Sabine Road in the Otway Ranges
The Great Otway National Park is a national park located in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is situated approximately southwest of Melbourne, in the Otway Ranges, a low coastal mountain range. It conta ...
in southwest Victoria and flows generally east before turning south just above popular short walk destination Jebbs Pool, between the high cliffs of Langdale Pike and Castle Rock, then along the cliff side of Cumberland River Holiday Park between The Brothers and Mount Defiance where the river reaches its mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...
, crossing near the edge of a sandy surf beach, and empties into Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
, northeast of Wye River, Victoria
Wye River is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is also the name given to the waterway which flows through the town and into the sea at this point. Situated some 155 km west of Melbourne, on the Otway Coast part of the scenic Great Oc ...
and to the south of . From its highest point, the river descends over its course
Course may refer to:
Directions or navigation
* Course (navigation), the path of travel
* Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...
.The River of Waterfalls, The Argus, 11 April 1914, p.5 via http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7246749 ?
Etymology
The river was probably named by surveyor George Smythe in 1846, either for the Duke of Cumberland or for the schooner in which Charles Grimes explored Port Phillip and King Island King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to:
Australia
* King Island (Queensland)
* King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland
* King Island (Tasmania)
** King Island Council, the local government area that contains the Tasmanian is ...
in 1802 – 03.
See also
* List of rivers of VictoriaReferences
External links
* * Corangamite catchment Rivers of Barwon South West (region) Otway Ranges {{VictoriaAU-river-stub