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Yea River

Field	Value
name	Yea
name_native	dgw
name_etymology	In honour of Colonel Lacy Walter Yea
image	GlenburnYeaRiverPipeline.JPG
image_size	280
image_caption	Pipeline crossing the Yea River at Glenburn
map_size	300
pushpin_map	Australia Victoria
pushpin_map_size	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the Yea River mouth in Victoria
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Victoria
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	South Eastern Highlands bioregion (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central
subdivision_type4	LGA
subdivision_name4	Murrindindi
subdivision_type5	Towns
subdivision_name5	, , ,
length	74 km
source1	Great Dividing Range
source1_location	below Mount Tanglefoot
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	566 m
mouth	confluence with the Goulburn River
mouth_location	northwest of
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	162 m
river_system	Goulburn Broken catchment,
Murray-Darling basin
tributaries_left	Captain Creek, Rocky Creek (Victoria), Rellimeiggam Creek, Ti Tree Creek
tributaries_right	Katy Creek, Murrindindi River
custom_label	Nature reserve
custom_data	Murrindindi River Scenic Reserve
extra

Murray-Darling basin The Yea River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

The Yea River rises in the Toolangi State Forest north-east of and northwest of Mount Tanglefoot, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river generally flows in a northerly direction, generally aligned with the Melba Highway which crosses the river in its lower reaches. The river is joined by six tributaries including the Murrindindi River, flows east and north of the town of before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River, near Ghin Ghin Bridge. The river descends 403 m over its 74 km course.

The river is also crossed by the Goulburn Valley Highway, east of Yea.

Etymology

The suspected Aboriginal Taungurung language name for the river is Kayigai, with no clearly defined meaning. A surveyor's map of gives Kayigai or Muddy Creek, so it is likely that was the Aboriginal name of the river.

The river was called Muddy Creek in 1824 by explorers Hume and Hovell because of its muddy banks. The river was renamed when or soon after the town of Muddy Creek was renamed Yea.

References

{{Cite VICNAMES. 622387. Yea River
"Map of Yea River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
Sinnott, Nigel. "Place-Names of the Alexandra, Lake Eildon and Big River Area of Victoria". Friends of the Alexandra Library.
"Visitor information - Yea".
(3 October 2010). "title missing". [[The Age.

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