Loddon River

Loddon River

The Loddon River is a 392-km long tributary of the Murray River that flows through central and northern Victoria. The river rises near Trentham in the hills north of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It flows generally northward 40km west of Bendigo through the Cairn Curran Reservoir and Laanecoorie Reservoir and continues north through the town of Bridgewater. It then passes Serpentine and north to Kerang. Finally it turns northwest and flows into the Murray River near Swan Hill.

There are weirs in Bridgewater and Kerang to keep water in the towns, but otherwise the river can dry up in summer. There is current work going on to determine and implement suitable environmental flows in the river.

The pool upstream of the Bridgewater weir is used for watersports such as waterskiing. Both reservoirs are also used for motor boats and sailing.

External links

* [http://www.g-mwater.com.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=loddon_storages Goulburn-Murray Water Loddon storages]
* [http://www.envict.org.au/inform.php?menu=7&submenu=221&item=671 Environment Victoria - Loddon River]
* [http://bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Loddon_River Biodiversity Information, Resources, Data - Loddon River page]
* [http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/ North Central Catchment Management Authority]


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