The Little Rubicon River, an inland
perennial river of the
Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the
Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower
South Eastern Highlands
The South Eastern Highlands is an interim Australian bioregion in eastern Australia, that spans parts of the states and territories of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. The bioregion comprises and is approxi ...
bioregion and
Northern Country/North Central regions of the
Australia
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n state of
Victoria. The headwaters of the Little Rubicon River rise on the western slopes of the
Victorian Alps and descend to flow into the
Rubicon River
The Rubicon ( la, Rubico; it, Rubicone ; rgn, Rubicôn ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just north of Rimini.
It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, Crossing the Rubicon, famously ...
.
Location and features
The Little Rubicon River rises from the
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
below the Blue Range east of the Cathedral Ranges State Park, and flows southeast, fueled by runoff from the Blue and Cerberean Ranges before reaching its
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with the Rubicon River in a remote state forestry area, southwest of the town of .
See also
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References
Goulburn Broken catchment
Rivers of Hume (region)
Tributaries of the Goulburn River
Victorian Alps
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