Yarra Ranges National Park
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| Yarra Ranges National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Nearest town/city: | Melbourne |
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| Area: | 760 km² |
| Managing authorities: | Parks Victoria |
| Official site: | Yarra Ranges National Park |
Yarra Ranges is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 92 km east of Melbourne. It contains the upper reaches of the Yarra River and provides the catchment for Melbourne's domestic water supply.
Whilst the park was established only in 1995, the area has been protected for a century to protect Melbourne's water. Almost all of the park is closed-off to visitors for this reason.
[edit] See also
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Alfred | Alpine | Baw Baw | Brisbane Ranges | Burrowa-Pine Mountain | Chiltern-Mt Pilot | Churchill | Coopracambra | Croajingolong | Dandenong Ranges | Errinundra | French Island | Grampians | Hattah-Kulkyne | Heathcote-Greytown | Kinglake | Lake Eildon | Lind | Little Desert | Lower Glenelg | Mitchell River | Mornington Peninsula | Morwell | Mount Buffalo | Mount Eccles | Mount Richmond | Murray-Sunset | Organ Pipes | Great Otway | Port Campbell | Snowy River | Tarra-Bulga | Terrick Terrick | The Lakes | Wilsons Promontory | Wyperfeld | Yarra Ranges |
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