Kent River

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Kent River
Kent River
Location
Country Australia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Tenterden
  elevation295 metres (968 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
Irwin Inlet
  elevation
sea level
Length140 kilometres (87 mi) [2]

The Kent River is a river in the Great Southern of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, crosses the Muir Highway east of Rocky Gully, flows through Mount Roe and Mount Lindesay national parks, crosses the South Coast Highway near Kenton, flows through the Owingup Nature Reserve swampland and finally discharges into the eastern side of Irwin Inlet.

There are two tributaries to the Kent: Styx River and Nile Creek.

The river was named in 1829 by Thomas Wilson who was the first European to explore the river. He named it after a member of his exploration party John Kent, of the 39th Regiment, Assistant Commissary General at the King George Sound garrison. [3]

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References

  1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Kent River". 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. "History of river names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. Sherriff, George (26 January 1950). "The History of Denmark - Its Exploration and Early Development". Albany Advertiser. p. 8. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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