The river rises below
Mount Bogong, the highest mountain in the Victorian Alps, with the Mitta Mitta River forming at the
confluence of the
Cobungra River and the
Big River, just south of
Anglers Rest, flowing generally north, joined by twenty-four minor tributaries including the
Dart River, before reaching its
mouth with the Murray River, east of
Albury at
Lake Hume. The river descends over its
course of . The Mitta Mitta River is the source of approximately 10% of the Murray's flow. Along the Mitta Mitta River, mean annual flow can triple from Hinnomunjie in the south to Tallangatta in the north. Highest flows are in October and are attributable to the spring snow melt. The river valley used to flood on a nearly annual basis, but the completion of Dartmouth Dam in the 1970s largely eliminated the floods. The river flows through a valley that contains four small towns:
Mitta Mitta,
Eskdale,
Dartmouth. Mitta Mitta is a small hamlet at the confluence of the River and Snowy Creek. ==Recreation==