Loddon River

This article is about the river in Victoria, Australia. For the river in Tasmania, see Loddon River (Tasmania). For the river in the United Kingdom, see River Loddon.

Loddon
Loddon River at Newstead
Loddon River is located in Victoria
Loddon River
Location of the Loddon River mouth in Victoria
EtymologyAfter River Loddon[1]
Native name
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionRiverina bioregion (IBRA), Central Highlands, Loddon Mallee
LGAsHepburn, Mount Alexander, Loddon, Gannawarra
TownsNewstead, Bridgewater, Serpentine, Kerang
Physical characteristics
SourceGreat Dividing Range
 • locationMusk
 • coordinates37°24′19.5″S 144°14′31.5″E / 37.405417°S 144.242083°E / -37.405417; 144.242083
 • elevation638 m (2,093 ft)
MouthLittle Murray River
 • location
Kerang
 • coordinates
35°33′4.7″S 143°53′0.5″E / 35.551306°S 143.883472°E / -35.551306; 143.883472
 • elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Length392 km (244 mi)
Basin size15,320 km2 (5,920 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average8 m3/s (280 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemMurray-Darling basin
Tributaries 
 • leftMiddleton Creek, Tarilta Creek, Larni Barramal Yaluk (Jim Crow Creek), Joyces Creek, Boundary Gully, Tullaroop Creek, Bet Bet Creek, Bullabul Creek, Hope Creek, Sheepwash Creek
 • rightMuckleford Creek, Bradford Creek, Little Creek (Loddon), Serpentine Creek, Sangus Creek, Twelve Mile Creek (Loddon), Bannacher Creek
Nature reserveUpper Loddon Flore Reserve
[4]

The Loddon River, an inland river of the north–central catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Loddon Mallee regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters of the Loddon River rise on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range east of Daylesford and descend to flow north into the Little Murray River, near Swan Hill. The river is impounded by the Cairn Curran and Laanecoorie reservoirs.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mitchell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Loddon River (entry 617745)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference clark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Map of Loddon River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 19 October 2014.