Yarra River

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river

The Yarra River is the major waterway flowing through Melbourne, Australia, known for its cultural, recreational, and historical significance to the city and its Indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yarra River canonical	50
Yarra River catchment	2
Birrarung (Yarra River)	1
Yarra River system	1
lower Yarra River	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinSize	approximately 4,000 square kilometres ⓘ
cityLandmarkRole	major Melbourne landmark ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crossedBy	West Gate Bridge ⓘ surface form: Bolte Bridge Church Street Bridge ⓘ Morell Bridge ⓘ Princes Bridge ⓘ Swan Street Bridge ⓘ West Gate Bridge ⓘ
culturalSignificance	sacred to the Wurundjeri people ⓘ
environmentalIssues	pollution ⓘ urban runoff ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally westward ⓘ
flowsInto	Port Phillip Bay ⓘ surface form: Port Phillip
flowsThrough	Melbourne ⓘ
hasEventAlongBanks	Moomba Festival ⓘ New Year’s Eve fireworks in Melbourne ⓘ
hasParkAlongBanks	Birrarung ⓘ surface form: Birrarung Marr Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens) ⓘ surface form: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
hasTributary	Birrarung ⓘ Diamond Creek ⓘ Gardiners Creek ⓘ Maribyrnong River ⓘ Merri Creek ⓘ Olinda Creek ⓘ Plenty River ⓘ Watts River ⓘ
hasWalkingTrail	Main Yarra Trail ⓘ
historicalRole	central to Melbourne’s early settlement ⓘ
indigenousName	Birrarung ⓘ
length	approximately 242 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Victoria ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Melbourne ⓘ
managedBy	Melbourne Water ⓘ
mouthLocation	Port Phillip Bay ⓘ
near	Federation Square ⓘ Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
notableFeature	brownish water colour due to suspended sediments ⓘ
partOf	Yarra River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yarra River catchment
passesThrough	Hawthorn ⓘ Heidelberg ⓘ Kew ⓘ Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Melbourne CBD Richmond ⓘ South Bank Parklands ⓘ surface form: Southbank Warburton ⓘ Warrandyte ⓘ Yarra Valley ⓘ surface form: Yarra Valley wine region Melbourne ⓘ surface form: inner Melbourne
region	Central Victoria ⓘ Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Greater Melbourne
riverSystem	Port Phillip and Westernport catchment ⓘ
sourceLocation	Yarra Ranges ⓘ Yarra Ranges National Park ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Wurundjeri people ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ recreation ⓘ rowing ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melbourne → locatedOnRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

Yarra Valley → nearbyFeature → Yarra River ⓘ

eastern Australia → hasRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Australia

Yarra River → partOf → Yarra River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yarra River catchment

Flinders Street Station → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ

Rod Laver Arena → locatedOnRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

Eureka Tower → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ

Federation Square → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ

southeastern Australia → hasMajorRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Australia

Victoria (Australia) → containsRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

Port Phillip Bay → receivesRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

Hawthorn → locatedOn → Yarra River ⓘ

Diamond Creek → mouthOfWatercourse → Yarra River ⓘ

Diamond Creek → tributaryOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Yarra Ranges → containsHeadwatersOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Yarra Ranges → drainageBasinOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Port Phillip and Westernport catchment → containsWaterBody → Yarra River ⓘ

Birrarung → refersTo → Yarra River ⓘ

Birrarung → relatedTo → Yarra River ⓘ

Wurundjeri people → traditionalRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Birrarung (Yarra River)

Moomba Festival → mainLocation → Yarra River ⓘ

Moomba Festival → takesPlaceAlong → Yarra River ⓘ

Main Yarra Trail → follows → Yarra River ⓘ

Main Yarra Trail → passesAlong → Yarra River ⓘ

Southbank campus → hasNeighbourhoodFeature → Yarra River ⓘ

State of Victoria → hasMajorRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

East Melbourne → nearbyWatercourse → Yarra River ⓘ

Flinders Street → followsAlong → Yarra River ⓘ

Warrandyte → locatedOnRiver → Yarra River ⓘ

Arts Centre Melbourne → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ

Eureka Skydeck 88 → viewOf → Yarra River ⓘ

The Edge glass cube → offersViewOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Olinda Creek → mouthOfWatercourse → Yarra River ⓘ

Olinda Creek → tributaryOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Olinda Creek → flowsInto → Yarra River ⓘ

Olinda Creek → hasHydrologicalSystem → Yarra River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yarra River system

Docklands → locatedOn → Yarra River ⓘ

Docklands → borderedBy → Yarra River ⓘ

SBS studios → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ

West Gate Bridge → spans → Yarra River ⓘ

this entity surface form: lower Yarra River

Princes Bridge → crosses → Yarra River ⓘ

Swan Street Bridge → crosses → Yarra River ⓘ

Maribyrnong River → tributaryOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Church Street Bridge → crosses → Yarra River ⓘ

Church Street Bridge → river → Yarra River ⓘ

Watts River → isTributaryOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Gardiners Creek → mouthOfWatercourse → Yarra River ⓘ

Gardiners Creek → tributaryOf → Yarra River ⓘ

Merri Creek → flowsInto → Yarra River ⓘ