Geographical Features
The Yarra River hosts a wide range of geographical features, perhaps the most plentiful of which are billabongs, of which there are over 100, particularly in the floodplains near Yering, Yarra Glen and Coldstream. Being a considerably thin river for almost its entire length, there are very few islands or lakes. In the middle reaches there are a few rapids of easy to moderate difficulty, however these are sparsely distributed. Below is a list of the river's geographical features, including tributaries (shown in bold) and man-made features or townships (shown in italics), for bearings (from downstream to upstream):
- Entrance to Yarra River in Hobsons Bay
- West Gate Bridge
- Stony Creek
- Maribyrnong River
- Coode Island (created in 1880s)
- Fishermans Bend (created in 1880s)
- Moonee Ponds Creek
- Victoria Harbour (created in 1892)
- Batman's Hill (levelled in mid-19th century)
- Turning Basin
- Melbourne CBD
- Princes Bridge
- Birrarung Marr
- Ornamental Lake
- Punt Hill
- Herring Island
- Burnley Harbour & Wetlands
- Gardiners Creek
- Burnley Bend
- Hawthorn
- Yarra Bend (Ends)
- Dights Falls
- Merri Creek
- Galatea Point
- Studley Park Boathouse
- Flying Fox Lookout
- Fairfield Boathouse
- Yarra Bend (Begins)
- Kew Billabong
- Darebin Creek
- Glass Creek
- Yarra Flats (Ends)
- Koonung Creek
- Bolin Bolin Billabong (cut off in 1100)
- Annulus Billabong
- Salt Creek
- Sills Bend
- Heidelberg
- Yarra Flats (Begins)
- Banyule Creek
- Banyule Flats & Billabongs
- Plenty River
- Templestowe
- Ruffey Creek
- Kestrel Creek
- Westerfolds Rapids
- Fitzsimons Lane Bridge
- Diamond Creek
- Sweeneys Flats
- Mullum Mullum Creek
- Tikalara
- Pound Bend (Ends)
- Bobs Wetlands
- Pound Bend Tunnel
- Stony Creek
- Pound Bend (Begins)
- Andersons Creek
- Fourth Hill
- Whipstick Gully
- Warrandyte
- Scotchmans Hill
- The Island
- Parson Gully
- Black Flat
- Jumping Creek
- Blue Tongue Bend
- Warrandyte Gorge
- Pigeon Bank Gully
- Kangaroo Ground Rapids
- Watsons Creek
- Bend of Isles
- Moniques Island
- Brushy Creek
- Mount Lofty
- Bob's Rock
- Canoe Slalom Rapids
- Christmas Hills Rapids
- Yering Gorge
- Yering Billabongs
- Olinda Creek
- Yarra Glen
- Yarra Flats Billabongs
- Steels Creek
- Coldstream Flats & Billabongs
- Pauls Creek
- Healesville
- Watts River
- Badger Creek
- Warramate Hills
- Woori Yallock Creek
- Woori Yallock Flats & Billabong
- Ure Creek
- Launching Place
- Hoddles Creek
- Don River
- Little Yarra River
- Don Creek
- Yarra Junction
- Don Creek
- Platts Creek
- Frenchman Creek
- Yankee Jim Creek
- Dee River
- Scotchmans Creek
- Warburton
- Four Mile Creek
- Pheasant Creek
- Starling Creek
- Big Pats Creek
- Dead Horse Creek
- Cement Creek
- Braham Creek
- McDonald Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Starvation Creek
- Little Peninsula Tunnel
- Big Peninsula Tunnel
- McMahons Creek
- Upper Yarra Dam
- Upper Yarra Reservoir (created in 1957)
- Alderman Creek
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