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35. Drouin West - Tarago River Confined Flood Plain

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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Location:

Labertouche - 996838. Tarago river 1.5 kilometres east of Drouin West.

Access:

Old Sale Road and Stocks Road.

Ownership:

Crown Land (Public Land Water Frontage Reserve) and Private Land.

Geomorphology:

The flood plain of the Tarago River is here confined in a valley cut in sedimentary beds of the Walhalla Group. The flood plain is 400 metres wide and the Tarago has incised a channel to a depth averaging 5 metres, thus creating a bordering terrace. On this terrace are depressions marking former higher level channels of the river. On the northern valley slope are old landslips.

Significance:

Regional. The site is an example of a confined flood plain and is of interest as a monitoring site to assess recent changes in channel morphology and the impact of these changes on the adjacent valley slopes.

Management:

Class 2. Subdivision should not be permitted on the area of the site and straightening or realignment of the river channel should not be permitted.
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