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- ↑ "Surface Hydrology of the Pilbara Region Summary" (PDF). 2000. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑ Gregory, Augustus Charles; Gregory, Francis Thomas (1884). Journals of Australian Explorations. Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ↑ "Estuary Assessment Framework for Non-Pristine Estuaries - Estuary 676 - Yule river" (PDF). 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ↑ "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Worms, Ernest Alfred (1954), Prehistoric petroglyphs of the Upper Yule River, North West Australia , retrieved 13 May 2013
- ↑ Braimbridge, Mike; Western Australia. Dept. of Water (2010), Yule river : ecological values and issues, Department of Water, ISBN 978-1-921789-35-9
Coordinates: 20°24′16″S118°11′39″E / 20.40444°S 118.19417°E
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 | |
