George River (Western Australia)

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George River
Location
Country Australia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Chichester Range
  elevation384 metres (1,260 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
Sherlock River
  elevation
5 metres (16 ft)
Length45 kilometres (28 mi)
Basin size2,824 square kilometres (1,090 sq mi) [2]

The George River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The river was named on 16 July 1861 by the surveyor and explorer Frank Gregory, who was conducting an expedition in the area. It is not known after whom he named the river. [3]

The river rises in the Chichester Range and flows northerly through the Millstream-Chichester National Park, cutting across the North West Coastal Highway before discharging into the Little Sherlock River east of Roebourne.

The George has three tributaries; The Little George River, Narrina Creek and Grant Spring Creek. It also flows through several semi-permanent water holes including Yanna Pool, white Spring Pool and Terenar Pool.

The river is part of the Port Hedland coastal drainage basin along with the Maitland, Harding, Sherlock, Turner River and Yule River. [4]

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of George River". 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. "Modelled seabed response to possible climate change scenarios over the next 50 years in the Australian Northwest" (PDF). CSIRO. 1 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. Gregory, Augustus Charles; Gregory, Francis Thomas (1884). Journals of Australian Explorations. Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. Marcus Barber and Sue Jackson (1 September 2011). "Water and Indigenous people in the Pilbara" (PDF). CSIRO . Retrieved 4 August 2013.

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