The Barton River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Barton River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Carson Escarpment |
• elevation | 68 metres (223 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Drysdale River |
• elevation | 35 metres (115 ft) |
Length | 27 kilometres (17 mi) |
The headwaters of the river rise on the edge of the Carson Escarpment where it meets the Barton plain and flows in a westerly direction until it discharges into the Drysdale River, of which it is a tributary.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Miwa people.[2]
The river was named in 1901 by government surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, after the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton.[3]
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 | |
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