Campaspe River

Campaspe
Campaspe River at Elmore
Course of the Campaspe River in Victoria
Etymology	Campaspe, a mistress of Alexander the Great.[1]
Native name	Yalka, Yalooka, Boregam, Yerrin (undetermined)[2][3]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Riverina bioregion (IBRA), Central Highlands, Wimmera
Local government areas	Greater Bendigo City, Campaspe
Towns	Kyneton, Redesdale, Elmore, Rochester, Echuca
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	Wombat State Forest near Bullengarook
• coordinates	37°25′13″S 144°28′38″E / 37.42028°S 144.47722°E / -37.42028; 144.47722
• elevation	679 m (2,228 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Murray River
• location	Echuca
• coordinates	36°7′5″S 144°43′36″E / 36.11806°S 144.72667°E / -36.11806; 144.72667
• elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Length	232 km (144 mi)
Basin size	4,179 km2 (1,614 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Echuca
• average	7 m3/s (250 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Murray-Darling basin
Tributaries
• left	Coliban River, Mosquito Creek (Campaspe River), Axe Creek
• right	Pipers Creek (Campaspe River), Stone Jug Creek, Forest Creek (Campaspe River), Mount Pleasant Creek
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The Campaspe River, an inland intermittent river of the north–central catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters of the Campaspe River rise on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range and descend to flow north into the Murray River, Australia's longest river, near Echuca.