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Under the name "Patterson", it is the shortest river in Victoria at only 5 km (3.1 mi) in length, although its main stem tributary and de facto upper section, the Dandenong Creek, is over 53 km (33 mi) long.
The Carrum Carrum Swamp was a historic coastal wetland encompassing 52 km 2 (20 sq mi) with a catchment area of 735 km 2 (284 sq mi) that . It had four drainage outlets into the Port Phillip Bay, including the modern-day Kananook Creek/Eel Race Drain, Patterson River and Mordialloc Creek (a distributary of the Patterson River's upper section, the Dandenong Creek).
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding what is now known as the Dandenong Creek were the indigenous Bunurong people of the Kulin nation who referred to the creek as Narra Narrawong; while others gave the creek the name Dandenong, sometimes spelled as Dand-y-non or Tanjenong by early settlers, believed to mean "high" or "lofty".
The river system courses through fertile the farming land of the Paterson and Allyn River Valleys and the historic Patersons Plains; descending 933 metres (3,061 ft) over its 151 kilometres (94 mi) course. [2] The river is impounded by Lostock Dam, located 48 kilometres (30 mi) downstream from the source in the Barringtons.
Patterson Lakes Marina is the largest marina in Victoria, Australia. It is situated 1.25 kilometres away from Port Phillip Bay . Traveling time is 35 minutes from Melbourne , and 50 minutes to Portsea .
The plant is on an 1,100 ha (4.2 sq mi) site bordered by the Patterson River to the north, the Mornington Peninsula Freeway to the west, and the EastLink Tollway to the south and east. [ 2 ] The plant treats around 40 percent of Melbourne's sewage — about 330 megalitres or 270 acre-feet a day — from about 1.5 million people, mainly in the ...
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Ralph Kimball (born July 18, 1944 [1]) is an author on the subject of data warehousing and business intelligence.He is one of the original architects of data warehousing and is known for long-term convictions that data warehouses must be designed to be understandable and fast.