Mitchell River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Mitchell River | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 441 metres (1,447 ft)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Walmsley Bay |
• elevation | sea level |
Length | 117 kilometres (73 mi)[2] |
Basin size | 2,955 square kilometres (1,141 sq mi)[3] |
The river rises north east of Sharp Hill and flows in a north-westerly direction until discharging into the Indian Ocean via Walmsley Bay near Port Warrender.
The best known feature of the river is Mitchell Falls located within the Mitchell River National Park, a three tiered series of drops with a combined height of nearly 80 metres (260 ft).
In 1921 the river was named after Sir James Mitchell the Premier of Western Australia by surveyor William Eastman.[4]
Nine species of freshwater fish are known to inhabit the waters of the Mitchell River.
There is another Mitchell River located in Western Australia that is a tributary of the Hay River in the south of the state.
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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