Dandenong Creek
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The Dandenong Creek (Aboriginal Bunwurrung: Narra Narrawong[1] or Dandinnong[2]) is an urban creek[3] of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the eastern and south-eastern Greater Melbourne region of the Australian east coast state of Victoria. The creek descends approximately 550 metres (1,800 ft) over its course of 53 kilometres (33 mi)[1] before joining the Eumemmerring Creek to form the Patterson River (of which it can be considered the de facto main stem) and eventually draining into the Beaumaris Bay.
Dandenong Dand-y-non, Tanjenong[1] | |
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Etymology | Aboriginal Bunwurrung: "high" or "lofty"[1] |
Native name | Narra Narrawong, Dandinnong[1][2] |
Location | |
Country | Australia |
State | Victoria |
Region | South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), Greater Melbourne |
Local government area | City of Monash |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Dandenong Ranges |
2nd source | Bungalook Creek |
• location | near Heathmont |
• coordinates | 37°50′8″S 145°15′25″E |
• elevation | 556 m (1,824 ft) |
Mouth | confluence with the Eumemmerring Creek to form the Patterson River |
• location | southwest of Bangholme |
• coordinates | 38°02′30″S 145°10′34″E |
• elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Port Phillip catchment |
Tributaries | |
• left | Corhanwarrabul Creek, Blind Creek, Old Joes Creek, Dobsons Creek |
• right | Mordialloc Creek, Mile Creek, Heatherdale Creek, Bungalook Creek, Little Bungalook Creek |
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Together with its distributary Mordialloc Creek and the culvert-linked Kananook Creek and Elster Creek, the so-called "Dandenong Catchment" has an overall catchment of approximately 882 km2 (341 sq mi).[5]