Back River (Victoria)

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

{{other uses|Back River (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2014}}

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Back River mouth in Victoria

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| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Victoria

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = South East Corner (IBRA), Victorian Alps

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| subdivision_type5 = Local government area

| subdivision_name5 = Shire of East Gippsland

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| source1 = Nunniong Plains, Great Dividing Range

| source1_location = below Mount Bindi

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| source1_elevation = {{convert|1380|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = confluence with the Timbarra River

| mouth_location = northeast of {{VICcity|Ensay}}

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|37|13|24|S|147|58|17|E|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|796|m|abbr=on}}

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| river_system = Mitchell River catchment

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| extra = {{cite web|url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=9696 |title=Back River: 9696 |work=Vicnames |publisher=Government of Victoria |date=2 May 1966 |accessdate=13 January 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114074820/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/place.html?method=edit&id=9696 |archivedate=14 January 2014 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=206214&cmd=sp|title=Map of Back River, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|accessdate=13 January 2014}}

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The Back River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria.{{cite map|title=8423 Omeo, Victoria, Topographic Map|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|year=1982|edition=1|series=National Topographic Map Series|scale=}}

Course and features

The Back River rises on the Nunniong Plains, below Mount Bindi, that is part of the Great Dividing Range; in remote country east of {{VICcity|Omeo}}. The river flows generally east, then southeast, before reaching its confluence with the Timbarra River in a state forestry area, about {{convert|10|km}} northeast of {{VICcity|Ensay}} in the Shire of East Gippsland.{{cite book|title=Vicroads Country Street Directory of Victoria|publisher=Royal Automobile Club of Victoria|location=Noble Park, Victoria|year=2000|edition=4|issn=1329-5284}}{{cite web|url=http://www.egd.com.au/outandabout/waterways/Timbarra%20River/timbarra_river.htm|title=Timbarra River - Tambo Nicholson Catchment|work=East Gippsland Directories|publisher=G.W. & L.A. Keating|accessdate=21 May 2009}} The river descends {{convert|588|m}} over its {{convert|11|km}} course.

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