The Ford River is a
perennial river
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of the
Corangamite catchment, located in the
Otways region of the
Australia
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n state of
Victoria
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.
Location and features
The headwaters of the Ford River rise in the
Otway Ranges
The Great Otway National Park is a national park located in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia. The national park is situated approximately southwest of Melbourne, in the Otway Ranges, a low coastal mountain range. It conta ...
in southwest Victoria, near , and flows generally east by south through the
Port Campbell National Park
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towards the town of Glenaire where the river heads east and reaches its
confluence
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with the
Aire River
Aire may refer to:
Music
* ''Aire'' (Yuri album), 1987
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Places
*Aire-sur-la-Lys, a town in the Pas-de-Calais département in France
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, northwest of
Cape Otway
Cape Otway is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Great Otway National Park.
History
Cape Otway was originally inhabited by the Gadub ...
. From its highest point, the river descends over its
course
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Directions or navigation
* Course (navigation), the path of travel
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.
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See also
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References
External links
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Corangamite catchment
Rivers of Barwon South West (region)
Otway Ranges
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