The Fraser River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Fraser River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 138 metres (453 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | King Sound |
• elevation | sea level |
Length | 70 kilometres (43 mi)[2] |
Basin size | 2,752 km2 (1,063 sq mi)[3] |
The river rises northwest of Mount Jowlaenger and flows in an easterly direction passing through some permanent pools such as Ungalete Pool and Lowangun Pool before discharging into King Sound.
The only tributary of the Fraser is Bungarragut Creek.
The explorer Alexander Forrest visited the river in 1879. Forrest named the river after Malcolm Fraser, who was the Commissioner of Crown Lands at the time.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Warrwa.[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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