Wingan River

Wingan
Wingan
	The Wingan Inlet, at the mouth of the Wingan River.
	Mouth of the Wingan River, in Victoria
Etymology	Aboriginal: wangan, meaning "reed bed"
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	South East Corner (IBRA), East Gippsland
Local government area	Shire of East Gippsland
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Future
• location	Wingan Swamp
• elevation	188 m (617 ft)
Mouth	Bass Strait
• location	Wingan Inlet
• coordinates	37°44′21″S 149°30′14″E / 37.73917°S 149.50389°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	49 km (30 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Yoke Up Creek, Hard To Seek Creek
• right	Scrubby Creek, Karlo Creek, Dingo Creek (Victoria), Scudder Creek, Surprise Creek, Branch Creek (Victoria)
National parks	Alfred NP, Croajingolong NP, Wingan Inlet NP

The Wingan River is a perennial river with no defined major catchment, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Course and features

The Wingan River rises below Mount Future, near the Wingan Swamp, north of the Alfred National Park between Cann River and Genoa, and flows generally south through the Croajingolong National Park joined by eight minor tributaries before reaching its mouth with Bass Strait, at the Wingan Inlet within the Wingan Inlet National Park in the Shire of East Gippsland. The river descends 188 metres (617 ft) over its 49 kilometres (30 mi) course.^[3]

The upper reaches of the river is traversed by the Princes Highway.

The name of the river is derived from the Aboriginal word wangan, meaning "reed bed".^[1]

^ ^a ^b Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3. cited in Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
^ "Wingan River: 103341". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Wingan River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2014.