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The Loddon River, an inland river of the northcentral 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. ==Location and features== The Loddon River is the second longest river in Victoria 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 over its course.〔 The river rises below near and from where it heads northward to and on to Loddon Falls. It then flows generally northward through and , west of Bendigo. After Newstead the river flows into the Cairn Curran Reservoir before emerging at Baringhup and continuing north to . The river then flows into Laanecoorie Reservoir at and then to , where it flows due north to Bridgewater On Loddon, where waterskiing, swimming and fishing are popular recreational pursuits.〔 The river then passes with high summer flows that commence at the small concrete weir to the Loddon Weir, also known as Fernihurst Weir. After the weir, water is diverted to the Waranga Western Channel. Downstream from Loddon Weir the river averages wide, and up to wide at certain points, with a bank height of around .〔 Approximately south of Kerang water flows are increased due to water entering from the Macorna Channel, and the higher flows are maintained for the next of river up to the Kerang Weir. The final stretch of the river flows through saltbush and Black Box forest. The river ends at its confluence with the Little Murray River at Benjeroop, near Swan Hill.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loddon River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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