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GTAV Resources

For more details see our Education page

If you would like to find more resources or information see https://www.gtav.asn.au/resources/secondary-resources-7-10

– Water in the World – Wimmera region case study – Year 7 Geography

See the GTAV website if you would like to find more resources or information on this Water in the World

– Place and Liveability – Wimmera region case study – Year 7 Geography

See the GTAV website if you would like to find more resources or information on this Place and Liveability

– First Nations Water in the World – Wimmera Region Case Study – Year 7 Geography

If you would like to find more resources or information see the GTAV website lesson First Nations Water in the World

Current Reports

* The Wimmera River and Yarriambiack Creek Flow Modelling investigation undertook hydrologic and hydraulic modelling of the waterways between Glenorchy, Horsham, and Warracknabeal. The study assessed both current and ‘pre-European’ catchment-waterway-floodplain regimes.

Previous Reports

Flood and Flow Extent Maps

Flood Map Locations1-in-5
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1-in-10
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1-in-20
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1-in-50
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1-in-100
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1-in-200
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AEP Flood and Flow Events
Beulah 200610%5%2%1%0.5%
Concongella 201520%10% 5%2%  1%0.5% 
Dunmunkle 2017 – Rupanyup town post mitigation1%
Dunmunkle 2017 – Boolite, Murtoa, Glenorchy & Upper Dunmunkle Creek20%10%5%2%1%0.5%
Halls Gap 201720%10%5%2%1%0.5%
Horsham-Wartook 201920%10%5%2% 1%0.5%
Lower Wimmera 2016 – downstream
of Horsham 
20%10%5%2%1% 0.5%
Mount William Creek 201420%10% 5%2%1% 0.5%
Natimuk 201320%10%5% 2%1%0.5%
Stawell 20241%
Upper Wimmera 201420%10%5% 2%1%0.5%
Wimmera River & Yarriambiack Creek
2009 (inc. Horsham)
20%10%5%2%1%0.5%
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 – Brim20%10%5%2%1%0.5%
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 –
Warracknabeal
20%10%5%2%1%0.5%
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 – Jung20%10%5%2%1%0.5%

PLEASE NOTE: Maps are provided for general community information purposes only.
Flood levels and floor levels are determined from information available at a particular time and actual levels may exceed those shown. For information about flood conditions and restrictions affecting a particular property, contact Wimmera CMA or the relevant council. Neither Wimmera CMA nor the State of Victoria claim or warrant that the information in this map is accurate, complete or up to date, and neither Wimmera CMA nor the State shall be responsible or liable in respect of any use of or reliance placed on it by any person.

Flood and Flow Extent Maps – High Resolution

Please note these files contain higher quality details and are therefore large files.

AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability) Flood and Flow Event Extent Maps

Flood Map Locations1-in-5
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1-in-10
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1-in-20
year event
1-in-50
year event
1-in-100
year event
1-in-200
year event
 1-in-500
year event
AEP Flood and Flow Events
Beulah 200610%5%2%1%0.5% 
Concongella 201520%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Dunmunkle 2017 – Rupanyup town post mitigation1%
Dunmunkle 2017 – Boolite, Murtoa, Glenorchy & Upper Dunmunkle Creek20%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Halls Gap 201720%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Lower Wimmera 2016 – downstream of Horsham20%10%5%2%1%0.5%0.2%
Mount William Ck 201420%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Natimuk 201320%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Upper Wimmera 201420%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Wimmera River & Yarriambiack Creek 2009
(inc. Horsham)
20%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 – Brim20%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 – Warracknabeal20%10%5%2%1%0.5% 
Yarriambiack Creek 2016 – Jung20%10%5%2%1%0.5% 

PLEASE NOTE: Maps are provided for general community information purposes only.
Flood levels and floor levels are determined from information available at a particular time and actual levels may exceed those shown. For information about flood conditions and restrictions affecting a particular property, contact Wimmera CMA or the relevant council. Neither Wimmera CMA nor the State of Victoria claim or warrant that the information in this map is accurate, complete or up to date, and neither Wimmera CMA nor the State shall be responsible or liable in respect of any use of or reliance placed on it by any person.

Seasonal Watering Plans/Proposals

Environmental Water

  • Environmental Watering Management Plan for Wimmera River, Yarriambiack Creek and the Terminal Lakes PDF 9.2MB
  • Environmental Watering Management Plan for the MacKenzie River and Burnt and Bungalally Creeks 7MB
  • Environmental Watering Management Plan for Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Wetlands PDF 16.3MB
  • VEWH What is environmental water? PDF 4MB
  • VEWH Why is environmental watering important? PDF 5MB
  • VEWH What does environmental watering aim to achieve? PDF 2MB
  • VEWH What does environmental watering involve? PDF 2MB
  • VEWH How do we know if environmental watering is successful? PDF 4MB
  • VEWH What is environmental water trading? PDF 968KB

Waterway Assessments and Condition Reports

  • Connecting the Catchments PDF 1.02MB
  • Lake Natimuk Weir Ecological Assessment PDF 6.99MB
  • Wimmera Wetland Hydrology Investigation PDF 14.51MB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report PDF 6.07MB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report-Section One PDF 381KB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report-Section Two PDF 2.04MB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report-Section Three PDF 2.26MB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report-Section Four PDF 993KB
  • Wimmera Geomorphic Categorisation and Stream Condition Report – Appendices PDF 862KB
  • Wimmera River Geomorphic Investigation – Sediment Sources, Transport and Fate – Dec 2004 PDF 24.16MB
  • Managing vegetation and large wood in and around waterways – Overview-and-approvals PDF 219KB
  • Managing vegetation and large wood in and around waterways – Instream vegetation and flooding PDF 251KB
  • Managing vegetation and large wood in and around waterways – Large wood (snags) and flooding PDF 343KB
  • Managing vegetation and large wood in and around waterways – Riparian (streamside) vegetation and flooding PDF 270KB

Waterway Action Plans

  • Waterway Action Plan – Burnt Creek PDF 2.83MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Concongella Creek PDF 1.71MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Glendhu Creek PDF 820KB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Glenlofty Creek PDF 2.11MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Glenpatrick and Nowhere PDF 912KB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Green Lake PDF 12.1MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – MacKenzie River PDF 23.51MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Millers Creek PDF 4.64MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Mt Cole Waterway PDF 1.01MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Seven Mile Creek PDF 972KB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Shays Creek PDF 2.63MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Six Mile Creek PDF 2.63MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Spring Tuckers Creek PDF 840KB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Wattle Creek PDF 1.37MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Wimmera Heritage River PDF 9.82MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Wimmera River Reach 2 PDF 1.77MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Wimmera River Reaches 3, 4, 5, 6.1 PDF 1.01MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Wimmera River Reach 6.2 PDF 1.69MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Yarriambiack Creek PDF 5.09MB
  • Waterway Action Plan – Dunmunkle Creek PDF 35.68MB

Waterway Strategies

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