Aberfeldy River

{{Short description|River in Victoria, Australia}}

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| name = Aberfeldy

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| image = Aberfeldy River, Baw Baw National Park.jpg

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| image_caption = View of the Aberfeldy River from Aberfeldy Bridge at Baw Baw National Park.

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Aberfeldy River mouth in Victoria

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| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Victoria

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = Victorian Alps (IBRA), West Gippsland

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| subdivision_type5 = Local government area

| subdivision_name5 = Shire of Baw Baw

| length = {{convert|49|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source_confluence = North and South Branches of the Aberfeldy River

| source_confluence_location = below Mount Selma

| source_confluence_coordinates= {{coord|37|39|16|S|146|25|48|E|display=inline}}

| source_confluence_elevation = {{convert|662|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = confluence with the Thomson River

| mouth_location = north of {{VICcity|Rawson}}

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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|253|m|abbr=on}}

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| river_system = West Gippsland catchment

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| extra = {{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=9139 |title=Aberfeldy River: 9139 |work=Vicnames |publisher=Government of Victoria |date=2 May 1966 |access-date=13 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222025613/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=9139 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=204657&cmd=sp|title=Map of Aberfeldy River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=14 February 2014}}

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

Features and location

Formed by the confluence of the north and south branches of the river, the Aberfeldy River rises in a state forestry area below Mount Selma on part of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally southwest then south, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Thomson River north of {{VICcity|Rawson}}, in the Shire of Baw Baw. The river descends {{convert|409|m}} over its {{convert|49|km|adj=on}} course.

Etymology

In the Aboriginal Brataualung language the river is named Nambruc, meaning "plenty of black opossums".

See also

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