Berkeley River
| Berkeley River | |
|---|---|
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Tadarida Scarp |
| • elevation | 422 metres (1,385 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Timor Sea |
• elevation | sea level |
| Length | 135 kilometres (84 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,149 square kilometres (1,988 sq mi)[2] |
The Berkeley River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia.[3][4]
The river flows for 135 km to the Timor Sea via the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf near Reveley Island and Cape St Lambert.
The river rises from the Tadrida Scarp and flows in a north-easterly direction through the Drysdale River National Park and the Oombulgarri Indigenous Reserve before discharging into the Timor Sea. The river has two tributaries the De Lancourt River and Casuarina Creek.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Miwa peoples.[5] The river was names by the explorer Charles Price Conigrave in 1911 who was the first European to discover the river. He named the river after his brother Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave.[6]
It is regularly visited by MV True North while on Kimberley coastal cruises.
References
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Berkeley River". 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Modelled seabed response to possible climate change scenarios over the next 50 years in the Australian Northwest" (PDF). CSIRO. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Letters Kimberley coast". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "[No heading]". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1912. p. 40. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Ausanthrop – Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
14°21′09″S 127°47′20″E / 14.35250°S 127.78889°E
Rivers of Western Australia | |
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields–Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
