Yass River - Citizendia

The Yass River is a river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The city of Yass is located on the Yass river a short distance from its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River. Confluence, in Geography, describes the meeting of two or more Bodies of water. The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT

There are two competing theories as to the origin of the name Yass. A member of Hume's exploration party supposedly climbed a tree to view the area, when asked if it looked like good grazing country he replied 'yass', alternatively the name could derive from the aboriginal word "yharr" supposedly the local tribe's name for the river literally translated to 'running water'. Hamilton Hume ( 19 June 1797 &ndash 19 April 1873) was the first Australian born explorer

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Argyle County - Yass

Coordinates: 34°53′S 148°47′E / -34.883, 148.783

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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