Loch River

Loch
Lock^[1]
Loch; Lock
	Mouth of the Loch River in Victoria
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), West Gippsland
LGA	Shire of Baw Baw
Town	Noojee
Physical characteristics
Source	Roy Hill, Great Dividing Range
• location	State forestry area east northeast of Powelltown and southeast of Warburton East
• coordinates	37°49′01″S 145°55′51″E / 37.81694°S 145.93083°E
• elevation	896 m (2,940 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Latrobe River
• location	Noojee
• coordinates	37°53′30″S 145°59′51″E / 37.89167°S 145.99750°E
• elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Length	19 km (12 mi)
Basin features
River system	West Gippsland catchment

The Loch River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Course and features edit

Loch River rises below Roy Hill within the Great Dividing Range, in a remote state forestry area east northeast of Powelltown and southeast of Warburton East. The river flows generally north, then east, then south by east through the Loch Valley, before reaching its confluence with the Latrobe River at the locality of Noojee in the Shire of Baw Baw. The river descends 668 metres (2,192 ft) over its 19-kilometre (12 mi) course.^[2]

The Loch River sub-catchment area is managed by the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority.

^ ^a ^b "Loch River: 19768". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Loch River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

"West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (2013 - 2019)" (PDF – 4MB). West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9805562-8-5.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Latrobe Catchment Ecosystem" (PDF). West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2011.