Jerdacuttup River

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Jerdacuttup River
Location
Country Australia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNorth of Ravensthorpe
  elevation274 metres (899 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
Jerdacuttup Lakes
Length65 kilometres (40 mi)
Basin size1,818 square kilometres (702 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average4,440 ML/a (0.141 m3/s; 4.97 cu ft/s) [2]

Jerdacuttup River is a river located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The water in the river is naturally saline.

The river rises on the edge of the Yilgarn Plateau north of Ravensthorpe below Mount Short and drains the eastern side of the Ravensthorpe Range before flowing south and draining into the Jerdacuttup lakes close to the Southern Ocean and east of Hopetoun.

The tributaries of the river include Moolyall Creek, Woodenup Creek, Cordingup Creek, Carlingup Creek, Boaiup Creek, Bandalup Creek and Burlabup Creek.

The name is Indigenous Australian in origin and first charted by John Forrest in 1870. [3]

The river is the location of a significant komatiite deposit [4]

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Jerdacuttup River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  2. "South Coast River Care - Jerdacuttup". 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2010. Archived 28 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "History of river names – J". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  4. National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (1995), Jerdacuttup River komatiites, National Trust of Australia (W.A.), retrieved 21 May 2012

Coordinates: 33°55′8″S120°14′44″E / 33.91889°S 120.24556°E / -33.91889; 120.24556