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Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Little River mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South Eastern Highlands (IBRA), Northern Country/North Central |
Subdivision Type5: | LGA |
Subdivision Name5: | Murrindindi |
Length: | 22km (14miles) |
Source1: | Cathedral Range, Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | below The Knobs |
Source1 Coordinates: | -37.4522°N 145.8394°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1340m (4,400feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Acheron River |
Mouth Location: | at |
Mouth Coordinates: | -37.3222°N 145.7111°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 208m (682feet) |
River System: | Goulburn Broken catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
Custom Label: | State park |
Custom Data: | Cathedral Range State Park |
Extra: | [1] |
The Little River, a minor inland perennial river of the Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower South Eastern Highlands bioregion and Northern Country/North Central regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters of the Little River rise below the Cathedral Range and descend to flow into the Acheron River at .
The river rises in the Blue Range below Tweed Spur within Cathedral Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, within the Cathedral Range State Park and flows generally northwest, through the Rubicon State Forest and a rugged state park as the river descends, before reaching its confluence with the Acheron River at Taggerty. The river descends over its 22km (14miles) course.[1]
The river is crossed by the Maroondah Highway, near its mouth at .