title: Aire River (Victoria)
text: # Aire River (Victoria)
  
  The Aire River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
  
  ## Location and features
  
  The Aire River rises below the Otway Ranges in a remote forestry area southeast of the locality of Beech Forest. The river generally flows west by south then south through the Great Otway National Park, joined by three minor tributaries, before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait west of Cape Otway. The river descends 555 metres (1,821 ft) over its 40 kilometres (25 mi) course; including a 49 metres (161 ft) descent over the Hopetoun Falls in its upper reaches, located at an elevation of 314 metres (1,030 ft) above sea level.
  
  The river is traversed by the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk near the river's mouth.
  
  It was named by the surveyor George Smythe after the River Aire in Yorkshire, England.
  
  