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The Mount Emu Creek, a perennial creek of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, is located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. ==Course and features== The Mount Emu Creek is a long and small meandering waterway. It is the longest creek in Victoria. The creek rises near and flows generally south by southwest, joined by six tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Hopkins River, northeast of Warrnambool. The river descends over its course.〔 Mount Emu Creek is the major waterway within the Hopkins basin. The main drainage area is from numerous small tributaries and gullies to the east and west of the waterway, including Darlington Creek.〔http://www.glenelg-hopkins.vic.gov.au/?id=subcatchmenth7〕 The main tributary of Mount Emu Creek is Trawalla Creek, that drains the area of highest rainfall within the sub-catchment. It appears that Trawalla Creek contributes most the of the good quality water that enters Mount Emu Creek. Mount Emu Creek has a length of approximately through this sub-catchment, and passes through the township of . The waterway starts as a series of creeks and waterways which merge to form the Mount Emu Creek which flows through areas around , , Darlington, and . It joins the Hopkins River which eventually leads out to sea at Warrnambool. The Baillie Creek drains Lake Burrumbeet and flows into the Mount Emu Creek west of . The Elingamite Creek drains Lake Elingamite and flows into the Mount Emu Creek south of Terang. The creek is traversed by the Western Highway near Trawalla, the Glenelg Highway near Skipton, the Hamilton Highway at , and the Princes Highway near Terang. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Emu Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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