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The Plenty River is a perennial river of the
The river is impounded by the Toorourrong Reservoir and is the source of
Port Phillip
Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, ...
catchment, located in the north-eastern Greater Melbourne
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region
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of the Australia
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n state of Victoria.
Course and features
The Plenty River rises in the forested slopes of Mount Disappointment, northwest of . The river flows generally south, joined by three minortributaries
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, before reaching its confluence
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with the Yarra River
The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Kulin languages: ''Berrern'', ''Birr-arrung'', ''Bay-ray-rung'', ''Birarang'', ''Birrarung'', and ''Wongete'') is a perennial river in south-central Victoria, Australia.
The lower st ...
southeast of . The river descends over its course.
The river is impounded by the Toorourrong Reservoir and is the source of Melbourne
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's first major water supply
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reservoir
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, the Yan Yean Reservoir, completed in 1857.
Along the lower reaches of the river, both the Plenty River Trail and the Rosanna Golf Club can be located.
See also
* Plenty, Victoria * Lower Plenty, VictoriaReferences
Melbourne Water catchment Rivers of Greater Melbourne (region) Tributaries of the Yarra River Shire of Nillumbik City of Whittlesea City of Banyule {{VictoriaAU-river-stub