The Morwell River is a
perennial river
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of the
West Gippsland
West Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, extends from the southeastern limits of metropolitan Melbourne and Western Port Bay in the west to the Latrobe Valley in the east, and is bounded by the Strzelecki Ranges to the south ...
catchment, located in the West Gippsland and
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promon ...
regions of the
Australian state of
Victoria
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.
Location and features
Formed by the
confluence of the West Branch and East Branch of the river, the Morwell River rises in the
Strzelecki Ranges
The Strzelecki Ranges (pronounced STREHZ leckee) is a set of low mountain ridges located in the West Gippsland and South Gippsland regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Ranges are named after Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish expl ...
, below South. The river flows generally in a northerly direction, joined by two minor
tributaries
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before reaching its
mouth to form confluence with the
Latrobe River, south of . The river descends over its
course.
[ The lower reaches of the river has been diverted around open-cut coal mines by channels and pipelines until it enters the Latrobe River.
On 6 June 2012, a levee bank failure resulted in the flooding of the Yallourn coal mine causing damage to its infrastructure and cutting fuel supply to the adjacent power station.]
See also
* Rivers of Victoria
References
External links
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Rivers of Victoria (Australia)
West Gippsland catchment
Rivers of Gippsland (region)
Morwell, Victoria
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