The Eyre River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise below Blackboy Hill approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Wellstead. The river flows in a south-easterly direction and discharges into Cheynes Inlet and on to the Southern Ocean.
Eyre River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Blackboy Hill |
• elevation | 107 metres (351 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Cheynes Inlet |
• elevation | sea level |
Length | 11 kilometres (7 mi) |
The river was named in 1850 by the explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after the explorer John Eyre, who crossed it in 1841 on his expedition from Adelaide to Albany.[2]
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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