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The Kiewa River is a major tributary of the Murray River in Australia and the source of approximately 40% of the Murray's flow. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
A branch of the Murray in its middle reaches, near Howlong, New South Wales The Murray River is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ...
The river's headwaters include Victoria's highest mountain, Mount Bogong, and wind their way north-west about 100 kilometres, gradually slowing before joining the Murray west of Albury. Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ...
Mount Bogong, located in the Alpine National Park, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia. ...
Albury, as viewed from the War Memorial Albury (postcode: 2640, 36°03′ S 146°54′ E) is a city in New South Wales, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. ...
The river's flow is constrained at its headwaters by the presence of dams associated with the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme, which traps waters flowing from the Bogong High Plains. The McKay Creek and West Kiewa power stations are the major generating elements of the Scheme, which provides peak load to the Victorian electricity grid. Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...
Two major tributaries, the East and West Kiewa Rivers, flow swiftly through near-pristine ash and peppermint forest, joining together at Mount Beauty. From here, the river travels more sedately through cleared farming country until it reaches its junction with the Murray. Mount Beauty is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...
The Kiewa Valley contains a number of small towns:
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