The Buayanyup River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.
Buayanyup River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Whicher Range |
• elevation | 60 metres (197 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Geographe Bay |
• elevation | sea level |
Length | 27 kilometres (17 mi) |
Basin size | 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi)[2] |
The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range and flow north crossing the Bussell Highway near Vasse before discharging into Geographe Bay near Abbey about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Busselton. The river has three main tributaries of Dawson Gulley, Ironstone Gully and the other is not named. In total the river has a stream length of over 100 kilometres (62 mi).[3]
The river flows through agricultural land that is predominantly used for raising beef and dairy cattle and to a lesser degree plantation timber and viticulture. The area has been settled since 1834 when the Bussell family established a cattle station along the Vasse River. More farming families followed and now over 50% of the catchment is used for cattle farming.
The name of the river was first recorded by a surveyor in 1839 and is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown.[4]
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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