Big River

The Big River, an inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Also known as: “Big” and “The Big River”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamieson.

Jamieson

Town

Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jamieson is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn River and Jamieson River, 193 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Jamieson is situated 9 km east of Big River.

Big River

Latitude

-37.3° or 37° 18′ south

Longitude

146.03333° or 146° 2′ east

Elevation

397 metres (1,302 feet)

Open location code

4RJ8P22M+28

GeoNames ID

2175892

Wikidata ID

Q17985889

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Welsh—“Big River” goes by many names.

Irish: “Abhainn Big”
Slovenian: “Big River”
Spanish: “Río Big (Río Goulburn, Victoria)”
Spanish: “Río Big”
Welsh: “Afon Big”

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