Lakes and reservoirs of Melbourne and reservoirs outside of the Greater Melbourne area, for information on other lakes in Victoria see the List of reservoirs and dams in Australia. Lakes and reservoirs of Melbourne Melbourne is a city in south-eastern Australia. Most major lakes are used for recreational purposes, mostly sailing, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, but some are used for activities like water skiing or swimming. Melbourne hosts a number of major water catchment reservoirs that supply the city's water as well as many smaller reservoirs or retarding basins used either for water supply or storm water drainage. The Yarra River hosts many small lakes
Young River (Western Australia) catchment area for agricultural purposes. The Department of the Environment installed four gauging stations along the river, the first in 1970, to measure discharge and water quality. Young River (Western Australia) The Young River is a river on the South coast of Western Australia that rises south of the Frank Hann National Park then flows in a south easterly direction for a distance of before flowing into Stokes Inlet which discharges into the Southern Ocean. It is also passes through the Stokes National Park. The only two tributaries to the river are Cascade Creek and Yerritup Creek. The area around