The King George River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the Kimberley of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The headwaters of the river rise to the West of the Ashton Range then flows in a northerly direction through the Drysdale River National Park

Drysdale River National Park

Drysdale River National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , northeast of Perth.The park lies about south of Kalumburu and west of Wyndham....

 past the Seppelt Range, over a drop of 80 metres (262 ft) at King George Falls and then discharges into Koolama Bay and the Timor Sea

Timor Sea

The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean....

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Beta Creek is the only tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the King George River.

The river was named in 1911 by explorer Charles Conigrave after a privately funded expedition in the area. The river is named after King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

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