List of watercourses in Western Australia, A
Encyclopedia
This is part of a list of watercourses in Western Australia. It includes all river
s, stream
s, brook
s, creeks
, gullies
, anabranch
es, backwater
s, and any other watercourses with a gazetted name, in Western Australia
.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any watercourses have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; obviously some watercourses may extend over long distances.
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...
s, stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
s, brook
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
s, creeks
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
, gullies
Gully
A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width...
, anabranch
Anabranch
An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the watercourse...
es, backwater
Backwater (river)
A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It refers either to a branch of a main river which lies alongside it and then rejoins it or to a body of water in a main river which is backed up by an obstruction such as the tide or a dam.-Alternative channel:If a river has...
s, and any other watercourses with a gazetted name, in 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...
.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia
Gazetteer of Australia
The Gazetteer of Australia is a register of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. It is compiled by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and derived from state, territory, and Australian government agencies....
. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any watercourses have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; obviously some watercourses may extend over long distances.
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Remarks |
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Abandon Creek | 15° 4' 33" S | 126° 34' 48" E | |
Abba River Abba River The Abba River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range in the Millbrook State Forest then flow in a northerly direction... |
33° 39' 6" S | 115° 27' 40" E | |
Abercorne Creek | 15° 37' 13" S | 128° 22' 8" E | |
Abyssinia Creek Abyssinia Creek Abyssinia Creek is a small meander in The Pilbara, Western Australia. It flows through the Tambourah mining district from the Tambourah Creek.... |
21° 43' 52" S | 119° 17' 55" E | |
Adcock River Adcock River The Adcock River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise in the Philips Range near Qodesh then flow in a south easterly direction parallel with the King Leopold Range and past Mount House, Mount Clifton and Mount Hamilton before merging with the Fitzroy... |
17° 33' 21" S | 126° 8' 23" E | |
Addie Creek | 18° 10' 46" S | 128° 8' 29" E | |
Adelaide Brook | 34° 5' 10" S | 115° 20' 9" E | |
Adenotricha Creek | 15° 21' 32" S | 124° 45' 57" E | |
Agett Brook | 31° 43' 6" S | 116° 39' 19" E | |
Agnes Gully | 32° 49' 49" S | 119° 59' 26" E | |
Ahern Creek | 17° 15' 35" S | 128° 33' 33" E | |
Aida Vale Creek | 16° 44' 34" S | 127° 52' 32" E | |
Ainslie Creek | 26° 15' 35" S | 126° 36' 53" E | |
Airport Creek | 17° 20' 23" S | 123° 37' 1" E | |
Aitchison Creek | 20° 16' 20" S | 128° 35' 40" E | |
Alexander Creek | 17° 7' 23" S | 124° 0' 53" E | |
Alexander River Alexander River (Western Australia) The Alexander River is a river in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The river rises near Munliginup Hill and flows in a southrly direct through a nature reserve area before discharging into Alexander Bay and the Southern Ocean about east of Esperance.The river was named in 1870... |
33° 52' 35" S | 122° 46' 6" E | |
Algae Creek | 18° 35' 47" S | 126° 5' 26" E | |
Alice Creek Alice Creek Alice Creek is a cove forming the southernmost portion of Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the wife of Édouard Lockroy, Vice President of the... |
18° 25' 52" S | 128° 56' 14" E | |
Allen Creek | 34° 1' 49" S | 118° 10' 54" E | |
Alligator Creek | 17° 25' 59" S | 123° 34' 43" E | |
Alligator Creek | 16° 57' 5" S | 122° 30' 30" E | |
Alma River | 23° 56' 25" S | 115° 47' 13" E | |
Almanac Brook | 32° 55' 3" S | 116° 10' 5" E | |
Alpha Creek | 15° 50' 14" S | 128° 19' 2" E | |
Alwey Creek | 26° 35' 28" S | 120° 30' 45" E | |
Amuri Creek | 34° 42' 11" S | 117° 18' 0" E | |
Anderson Dale | 10° 28' 58" S | 105° 33' 11" E | |
Andrew Creek | 14° 20' 12" S | 126° 55' 55" E | |
Andy Creek | 20° 57' 54" S | 120° 8' 2" E | |
Angelo River Angelo River The Angelo River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises in the hills to the western side of the Ophthalmia Range and flows in a southerly direction before weering east near Kundering Range and past the Angelo River Mine and Angelo River prospect, a Uranium deposit... |
23° 42' 30" S | 117° 44' 48" E | |
Angove River Angove River Angove River or Angove Creek is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia most of the river is found within Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve.... |
34° 56' 21" S | 118° 10' 1" E | |
Angus Creek | 28° 20' 52" S | 122° 15' 35" E | |
Ann Creek | 25° 58' 31" S | 122° 16' 49" E | |
Annabel Creek | 33° 37' 21" S | 119° 59' 26" E | |
Annie Brook | 33° 41' 12" S | 115° 9' 29" E | |
Annie Creek | 16° 51' 16" S | 124° 52' 23" E | |
Annie Creek | 17° 32' 2" S | 126° 6' 29" E | |
Apex Creek | 17° 10' 0" S | 125° 13' 33" E | |
Apple Tree Creek | 16° 8' 27" S | 127° 43' 23" E | |
Archie Creek | 16° 41' 37" S | 127° 58' 14" E | |
Archies Brook | 32° 44' 9" S | 116° 3' 10" E | |
Archies Oven Gully | 34° 17' 45" S | 116° 3' 37" E | |
Argnal Creek | 15° 12' 45" S | 127° 47' 31" E | |
Armanda River Armanda River The Armanda River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is thought that the river was named in 1887 by the surveyor C W Nyulasy.The headwaters of the Armanda are located North East of Halls Creek below Bob Black Hills... |
17° 54' 54" S | 127° 51' 46" E | |
Armstrong Creek | 21° 1' 41" S | 116° 40' 14" E | |
Arnold Park Brook | 31° 55' 17" S | 116° 44' 56" E | |
Arrowsmith River Arrowsmith River The Arrowsmith River in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The first European to discover the river was the explorer George Grey in 1839 who named it after the distinguished English geographer John Arrowsmith.... |
29° 29' 46" S | 115° 2' 32" E | |
Arthur Creek | 16° 2' 4" S | 128° 20' 19" E | |
Arthur River Arthur River (Western Australia) The Arthur River is located in the south west of Western Australia.The headwaters of the Arthur river is located about 30km North of Wagin in the Arthur River Nature Reserve near the small settlement of Arthur River on Albany Highway.... |
33° 41' 2" S | 116° 43' 48" E | |
Arungana Creek | 15° 11' 31" S | 127° 54' 44" E | |
Asbestos Creek | 21° 52' 54" S | 117° 46' 26" E | |
Asbestos Gully | 31° 35' 21" S | 119° 39' 0" E | |
Ashburton River Ashburton River (Western Australia) The Ashburton River is located within the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The river rises approximately 100 km south of Newman and flows in a west north westerly direction until discharging into the Indian Ocean approximately 20 km south west of Onslow. The river crosses the North... |
23° 34' 1" S | 117° 22' 12" E | |
Ashton Creek | 16° 11' 34" S | 125° 27' 39" E | |
Ask Creek | 17° 23' 13" S | 123° 34' 43" E | |
Augustus River | 33° 12' 26" S | 116° 0' 16" E | |
Aurillia Creek | 25° 9' 16" S | 116° 54' 26" E | |
Aurillia Creek Racecourse Branch | 24° 51' 36" S | 116° 57' 50" E | |
Austin Creek | 24° 33' 46" S | 115° 23' 10" E | |
Avon River Avon River (Western Australia) The Avon River is a river in Western Australia. It is a tributary of the Swan River totalling 280 kilometres in length, with a catchment area of 125,000 square kilometres.-Catchment area:... |
31° 44' 4" S | 116° 4' 23" E | |
Avon River South Avon River (Western Australia) The Avon River is a river in Western Australia. It is a tributary of the Swan River totalling 280 kilometres in length, with a catchment area of 125,000 square kilometres.-Catchment area:... |
32° 26' 48" S | 117° 2' 47" E |