Mitchell River
The Mitchell River is a perennial river of the East Gippsland catchment, in the Australian state of Victoria. The unregulated river provides a unique example of riparian ecology, flowing generally south with the catchment area drawing from the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps to enter Lake King, one of the Gippsland Lakes, and then empty into the Bass Strait.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Mitchell”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paynesville and Bairnsdale.
Paynesville
Photo: Phanton, Public domain.Bairnsdale
Bairnsdale is a town in the East Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. It has a population of about 10,000.
Mitchell River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.88333° or 37° 53′ south
Longitude
147.68333° or 147° 41′ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
4RJ94M8M+M8
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mitchell River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mitchell”
- Cebuano: “Mitchell River”
- Chinese: “蜜雪兒河”
- Dutch: “Mitchell River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميتشيل”
- French: “Mitchell River”
- German: “Mitchell River”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Mitchell”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mitchell”
- Russian: “Митчелл”
- Russian: “Река Митчелл”
- Spanish: “Río Mitchell (Victoria)”
- Spanish: “Río Mitchell”
- Swedish: “Mitchell River”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mitchell”
- Welsh: “Afon Mitchell”
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