Calder River (Western Australia)

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Calder River
Calder River (Western Australia)
Location
Country Australia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationElizabeth and Catherine Range
  elevation365 metres (1,198 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
Walcott Inlet
  elevation
sea level
Length99 km (62 mi) [2]

The Calder River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The river rises in the Elizabeth and Catherine Range and flows in a southerly direction eventually veering west along the northern edge of the Munja Aboriginal Reserve and discharging into the Indian Ocean via Walcott Inlet.

There are five tributaries to the Calder River: Tims Creek, Red Bull Creek, Bachsten Creek, Neville Creek and Brockman River.

Europeans first learned of the river in 1901 when the surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman came across the river while on an expedition in the area close to the river's mouth. Brockman named the river after John Calder, the leader of a prospecting party that was in area at the same time. 16°18′16″S125°3′26″E / 16.30444°S 125.05722°E / -16.30444; 125.05722

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Calder River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  2. "History of river names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2008.