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- ↑ "History of river names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "The northern river shark (Glyphis sp. C) in Western Australia – Report to the National Trust" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ↑ "Berby Tourism = Fishing". 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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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 | |
