Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria (Australia)

The following is a list of naturally occurring lakes and other water bodies in Victoria, Australia; outside the Greater Melbourne area, in alphabetical order, for those lakes with a surface area greater than 70 hectares (170 acres):

Lake name Type Region Primary inflow Primary outflow Area Image Notes
hectares acres
Albacutya Eutrophic Wimmera Outlet Creek Evaporation 5,500 14,000 [1]
Barracoota Freshwater East Gippsland 240 590 [2]
Beeac Hypersaline Western District Lakes Evaporation 560 1,400 [3]
Boga Freshwater water storage The Mallee outfall channel to the Little Murray River 940 2,300 [4]
Bookar Barwon South West Evaporation 450 1,100 [5]
Borrie Coastal wetland Greater Geelong Little River Port Phillip Bay 70 170 [6]
Bullen Merri Brackish crater Barwon South West Evaporation 460 1,100 [7][8]
Buloke Eutrophic Wimmera Richardson River Evaporation 4,300 11,000 [9]
Burrumbeet Eutrophic Western Victoria Burrumbeet Creek Evaporation 2,300 5,700 [10]
Colac Freshwater Barwon South West Barongarook Creek Evaporation 2,800 6,900 [11]
Coleman Freshwater Gippsland Latrobe River Bass Strait 1,300 3,200 [12]
Colungulac Saline Western District Lakes Evaporation 1,500 3,700 [13]
Condah Crater lake Barwon South West Darlot Creek Evaporation 250 620 [14]
Connewarre Estuarine Bellarine Peninsula Barwon River Barwon River 880 2,200 [15]
Coorong Eutrophic Wimmera Yarriambiack Creek Evaporation 100 250 [16]
Coradgil Freshwater Western District Lakes Evaporation 78 190 [17]
Corangamite Hypersaline, endorheic Western District Lakes Woady Yaloak River Evaporation 17,000 42,000 [18]
Cundare Hypersaline Western District Lakes Evaporation 280 690 [19]
Deep Freshwater Western Victoria Evaporation 85 210 [20]
Elingamite Freshwater Western District Lakes Elingamite Creek Evaporation 300 740 [21]
Gnarpurt Saline Western District Lakes Evaporation 2,350 5,800
Gnotuk
Hindmarsh Eutrophic Wimmera Wimmera River Outlet Creek 13,500 33,000 [22]
Hume Reservoir Hume Murray River Murray River 20,190 49,900 [23][24]
Keilambete
King Freshwater Gippsland Tambo River; Mitchell River to Bass Strait 4,400 11,000 [25]
Learmonth
Logan
Marmal Wimmera Evaporation 130 320 [26]
Martin Freshwater Western District Lakes Woady Yaloak River Woady Yaloak River 2,200 5,400 [27]
Milangil Saline Western District Lakes 125 310|
Mokoan Reservoir Hume Broken River Evaporation 9,400 23,000 [28]
Monbeong
Mulwala Reservoir Murray River Murray River 6,600 16,000 [29]
Murdeduke Saline Western District Lakes 1,550 3,800|
Nagambie Reservoir Goldfields Goulburn River Goulburn River 170 420 [30]
Narracan Reservoir West Gippsland Latrobe River Latrobe River 281 690 [31]
Purrumbete Crater lake Western District Lakes Evaporation 552 1,360 [32]
Reedy Freshwater Bellarine Peninsula Barwon River Barwon River 550 1,400
Reeve Freshwater Gippsland Carr Creek to Bass Strait 5,200 13,000 [33]
Rosine
Round
Tali Karng formed by a natural landslide Alpine Snowden Creek, Nigothoruk Creek underground to Wellington River 14 35 [34]
Terangoon Freshwater Western District Lakes 208 510
Tutchewop Freshwater The Mallee Evaporation 760 1,900 [35]
Tyrrell Salt lake Mallee Tyrrell Creek Evaporation 20,860 51,500 [36]
Tyers Freshwater Gippsland Boggy Creek; Stony Creek to Bass Strait 950 2,300 [37]
Victoria (Bellarine) Saline Bellarine Peninsula to Bass Strait 139 340 [38]
Victoria (Gippsland) Freshwater Gippsland Latrobe River; Mitchell River to Bass Strait 15,000 37,000 [39]
Weeranganuk Freshwater Barwon South West Evaporation 460 1,100 [40]
Wellington Freshwater Gippsland Latrobe River; Avon River to Bass Strait 15,000 37,000 [41]
Wendouree Freshwater Goldfields Gong Gong Reservoir Evaporation 238 590 [42]
William Hovell Reservoir Alpine King River King River 113 280 [43]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Map of Lake Barracoota, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Map of Lake Beeac, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Lake Boga: Recreational Guide" (PDF). Goulburn–Murray Water (PDF). October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Map of Lake Bookar, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Map of Lake Borrie, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Map of Lake Bullen Merri, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Volcanic landforms in the Camperdown area of Victoria". UniServe Science. Retrieved 16 June 2007.
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  10. ^ "Map of Lake Burrumbeet, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Map of Lake Colac, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Map of Lake Coleman, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Map of Lake Colungulac, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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  17. ^ "Map of Lake Coradgill, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Map of Lake Corangamite, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Map of Lake Cundare, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  20. ^ "Map of Deep Lake, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  21. ^ "Map of Elingamite Lake, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  22. ^ "Map of Lake Hindmarsh, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  23. ^ "Hume Dam" (PDF brochure). State Water Corporation. 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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  25. ^ "Map of Lake King, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  26. ^ "Map of Lake Marmal, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  27. ^ "Map of Lake Martin, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  28. ^ "Map of Lake Mokoan, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  29. ^ "Map of Lake Mulwala, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  30. ^ "Map of Lake Nagambie, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  31. ^ "Lake Narracan". Southern Rural Water. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  32. ^ "Map of Lake Purrumbete, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  33. ^ "Map of Lake Reeve, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  34. ^ "Map of Lake Tali Karng, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  35. ^ "Map of Lake Tutchewop, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  36. ^ "Map of Lake Tyrell, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  37. ^ "Map of Lake Tyres, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  38. ^ "Map of Lake Victoria, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  39. ^ "Map of Lake Victoria, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  40. ^ "Map of Lake Weeranganuk, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  41. ^ "Map of Lake Wellington, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  42. ^ "Map of Lake Wendouree, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  43. ^ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2014.