River Yarra
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the Yarra are where Victoria's state capital Melbourne was established in 1835, and today metropolitan Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Birrarung”, “Rio yarra”, “The Yarra”, “Yarra River”, “Yarra Yarra River”, and “נהר הירה”
Places of Interest
Highlights: HMAS Castlemaine and Newport Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Docklands and Inner south.
Docklands
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River Yarra
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.84785° or 37° 50′ 52″ south
Longitude
144.90332° or 144° 54′ 12″ east
Open location code
4RJ65W23+V8
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“River Yarra” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Yarrarivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Yarra”
- Belarusian: “Яра”
- Catalan: “Yarra”
- Cebuano: “River Yarra”
- Chinese: “雅拉河”
- Chuvash: “Ярра”
- Czech: “Yarra”
- Dutch: “Yarra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يارا”
- Finnish: “Yarra”
- French: “Yarra”
- German: “Yarra River”
- Hebrew: “ירה”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Yarra”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yarra”
- Italian: “Yarra”
- Japanese: “ヤラ川”
- Korean: “야라강”
- Lithuanian: “Jara”
- Macedonian: “Јара (река во Австралија)”
- Macedonian: “Јара”
- Malay: “Sungai Yarra”
- Marathi: “यारा नदी”
- Mongolian: “Ярра гол”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yarra River”
- Ossetian: “Ярра”
- Persian: “رود یارا”
- Picard: “Yarra (fleufe)”
- Picard: “Yarra”
- Polish: “Yarra”
- Portuguese: “Rio Yarra”
- Romanian: “Râul Yarra”
- Russian: “Ярра”
- Serbian: “Јара”
- Slovenian: “Yarra”
- Spanish: “Río Yarra”
- Swedish: “River Yarra”
- Swedish: “Yarra River”
- Tagalog: “yarra river”
- Tamil: “யர்ரா ஆறு”
- Ukrainian: “Ярра”
- Venetian: “Fiume Yarra”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Yarra”
- Welsh: “Afon Yarra”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Garden City and Williamstown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: North Williamstown railway station and Sandridge Beach.
Victoria: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Melbourne and Geelong.
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