Loddon River (Victoria)
| Loddon (Yolelerwil-meerin, Yarrayn, Woppoon, Byerr, Pullergil-yaluk, Gunbungwerro, Minne-minne, Mudyin gadjin) |
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| River | |
 Loddon River at Newstead
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| Name origin: After River Loddon | |
| Country | Australia |
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| State | Victoria |
| Regions | Riverina bioregion (IBRA), Central Highlands, Loddon Mallee |
| LGAs | Hepburn, Mount Alexander, Loddon, Gannawarra |
| Part of | Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Middleton Creek, Tarilta Creek, Jim Crow Creek, Joyces Creek, Boundary Gully, Tullaroop Creek, Bet Bet Creek, Bullabul Creek, Hope Creek, Sheepwash Creek |
| - right | Muckleford Creek, Bradford Creek, Little Creek (Loddon), Serpentine Creek, Sangus Creek, Twelve Mile Creek (Loddon), Bannacher Creek |
| Towns | Newstead, Bridgewater, Serpentine, Kerang |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| - location | Musk |
| - elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) |
| - coordinates | 37°24′19.5″S 144°14′31.5″E / 37.405417°S 144.242083°E |
| Mouth | Little Murray River |
| - location | Kerang |
| - elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| - coordinates | 35°33′4.7″S 143°53′0.5″E / 35.551306°S 143.883472°ECoordinates: 35°33′4.7″S 143°53′0.5″E / 35.551306°S 143.883472°E |
| Length | 392 km (244 mi) |
| Basin | 15,320 km2 (5,915 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 8 m3/s (283 cu ft/s) |
| Nature reserve | Upper Loddon Flore Reserve |
| Reservoirs | Cairn Curran, Laanecoorie |
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.
An anabranch of the Loddon River may be found in the upper reaches of the river.
The Loddon River is the second longest river in Victoria after the Goulburn and, along with the Avoca River, drains a substantial part of central Victoria. From source to mouth, the river is joined by nineteen minor tributaries; and descends 567 metres (1,860 ft) over its 392-kilometre (244 mi) course.
The river rises below Musk near Trentham and Lyonville from where it heads northward to Glenlyon and on to Loddon Falls. It then flows generally northward through Guildford and Newstead, 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Bendigo. After Newstead the river flows into the Cairn Curran Reservoir before emerging at Baringhup and continuing north to Eddington. The river then flows into Laanecoorie Reservoir at Laanecoorie and then to Newbridge, where it flows due north to Bridgewater On Loddon, where waterskiing, swimming and fishing are popular recreational pursuits.
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