Kororoit Creek is a major waterway of over 80 km in length in the north-west and western parts of Melbourne. Its headwaters are north of Sunbury at 400m above sea level in ordovician geology. Flowing south it passes over the volcanic lava plain of western Melbourne from 300m to its mouth at sea level near Altona.
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