Berrima River

Berrima
Suggan Buggan, Toonginbooka, Oonginbooka[1]
River[1][2]
Name origin: Aboriginal: meaning "to the south"[2]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales, Victoria
Regions	Australian Alps (IBRA), Snowy Mountains, Victorian Alps
Local government areas	Snowy River Shire, Shire of East Gippsland
Part of	Snowy River catchment
Source	Berrima Range, Great Dividing Range
- location	Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
- elevation	1,030 m (3,379 ft)
- coordinates	36°48′4″S 148°14′42″E / 36.80111°S 148.24500°E / -36.80111; 148.24500
Mouth	confluence with Freestone Creek to form the Suggan Buggan River
- location	Alpine National Park, Victoria
- elevation	695 m (2,280 ft)
- coordinates	36°51′54″S 148°14′7″E / 36.86500°S 148.23528°E / -36.86500; 148.23528Coordinates: 36°51′54″S 148°14′7″E / 36.86500°S 148.23528°E / -36.86500; 148.23528
Length	8 km (5 mi)
National park	Alpine NP
Location of the Berrima River mouth, south of the Black-Allan Line, in Victoria
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The Berrima River (in Victoria),^[1] also called the Berrima Creek (in New South Wales),^[2] is a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.

Course and features

The Berrima River rises below the Berrima Range in a remote alpine wilderness area just north of the Black-Allan Line that forms part of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. The river flows generally south, before reaching its confluence with the Freestone Creek to form the Suggan Buggan River in the Shire of East Gippsland, within the Alpine National Park in Victoria. The river descends 336 metres (1,102 ft) over its 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) course.^[3]

Etymology

The word berrima is derived from the Aboriginal word meaning "to the south".^[2]

History

Aboriginal history

The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Berrima River are the Australian Aboriginal Bidawal and Nindi-Ngudjam Ngarigu Monero peoples.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia

References

External links

• "Snowy River National Park: park notes" (PDF). Parks Victoria. November 2013. 
• "Snowy River sub-catchment". East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. Government of Victoria. 
• "Snowy River - Catchment Map" (map). East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. Government of Victoria. 
• East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (2013). East Gippsland regional catchment strategy 2013 -2019 (PDF). Bairnsdale: East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. ISBN 978-0-9758164-6-2. 

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