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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yarra River catchment 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 (8)

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

eastern Australia → hasRiver → Yarra River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Australia
Eureka Tower → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ
Federation Square → locatedNear → Yarra River ⓘ
Melbourne → locatedOnRiver → Yarra River ⓘ
Rod Laver Arena → locatedOnRiver → Yarra River ⓘ
Yarra Valley → nearbyFeature → Yarra River ⓘ
Yarra River → partOf → Yarra River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarra River catchment