Brodribb River

Brodribb
River
Name origin: In honour of William Adams Brodribb.
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Regions	South East Corner (IBRA), East Gippsland
Local government area	Shire of East Gippsland
Part of	Snowy River catchment
Tributaries
- left	Ellery Creek, B A Creek, Ferntree Creek, Big River, Rich River, Tooti Creek, Jack River, Cabbage Tree Creek
- right	Goongerah Creek, Joy Creek, Dead Bull Creek, Dead Calf Creek, Ironbark Creek, Martin Creek (Victoria), Sardine Creek, Wild Cow Creek, Dynamite Creek, Gravelly Creek, Camp Creek (Victoria)
Source	Errinundra Plateau
- location	Errinundra National Park
- elevation	334 m (1,096 ft)
Source confluence	South Branch and North Branch of the Brodribb River
Mouth	confluence with the Snowy River
- location	Lake Corringle-Lake Wat Wat Wildlife Reserve
- elevation	41 m (135 ft)
- coordinates
Length	105 km (65 mi)
National park	Errinundra NP
Nature reserves	Brodribb Flora, Lake Curlip State Game, Lake Corringle-Lake Wat Wat Wildlife
Lake	Lake Curlip
Mouth of the Brodribb River in Victoria

The Brodribb River is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Course and features

Formed by the confluence of the South Branch and the North Branch of the river, the Brodribb River rises below the Errinundra Plateau within the Errinundra National Park east of the locality of Goongerah. The river flows generally south by west by south, joined by the Big, Rich, and Jack rivers and sixteen minor tributaries, flowing through a series of reserves and through Lake Curlip, before reaching its confluence with the Snowy River, within the Lake Corringle-Lake Wat Wat Wildlife Reserve in the Shire of East Gippsland. The river descends 337 metres (1,106 ft) over its 105-kilometre (65 mi) course.

An area of 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi) of wetlands along the lower reaches of the river has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports a small breeding population of the endangered Australasian bittern.

In its upper reaches, the river is traversed on multiple occasions by the Bonang Highway. In its lower reaches, the river is traversed by the Princess Highway, east of Orbost; and the Marlo Road, north of Marlo.

The catchment area of the river is administered by the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority.

Etymology

The river was named in honour of William Adams Brodribb, an early settler.

See also

• List of rivers of Australia