List of watercourses in Western Australia, D
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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Dadenning Creek | 31° 48' 43" S | 117° 44' 15" E | |
Daderdine Creek | 33° 18' 19" S | 116° 48' 15" E | |
Dailey River | 33° 54' 39" S | 122° 35' 34" E | |
Dake Creek | 23° 51' 56" S | 115° 25' 10" E | |
Dale River | 32° 4' 18" S | 116° 49' 54" E | |
Dale River South | 32° 15' 59" S | 116° 47' 12" E | |
Dales Creek | 17° 5' 57" S | 125° 42' 45" E | |
Dalgety Brook | 25° 5' 56" S | 115° 47' 16" E | |
Dallah Creek | 26° 9' 35" S | 116° 36' 48" E | |
Dallinup Creek | 33° 37' 12" S | 120° 41' 5" E | |
Dalray Creek | 27° 45' 59" S | 120° 7' 29" E | |
Dalton Creek | 21° 19' 44" S | 119° 19' 39" E | |
Dalyup River Dalyup River Dalyup River is a river located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The first European to discover the river was Surveyor General John Septimus Roe in 1848 who named it the Gore River after one of Captain James Cook's crew from the Endeavour, Lieutenant John Gore.The river was... |
33° 46' 14" S | 121° 31' 59" E | |
Dalyup River West | 33° 38' 17" S | 121° 34' 12" E | |
Damper Creek | 24° 43' 56" S | 115° 18' 30" E | |
Damper Creek | 33° 7' 6" S | 116° 59' 32" E | |
Damper Creek | 15° 20' 37" S | 126° 51' 49" E | |
Damper Creek | 23° 7' 10" S | 115° 6' 36" E | |
Dampier Creek | 17° 56' 48" S | 122° 14' 56" E | |
Dandalup River Dandalup River Dandalup River is one of the shortest rivers in Western Australia. Nominally located at in the Shire of Murray, it begins at the confluence of the South Dandalup River and the North Dandalup River north of Pinjarra, and flows for just four kilometres before emptying into the Murray River.... |
32° 35' 30" S | 115° 51' 53" E | |
Daping Brook | 33° 36' 49" S | 117° 42' 28" E | |
Dardanup Brook | 31° 51' 49" S | 116° 30' 10" E | |
Dardoo Creek | 25° 27' 0" S | 116° 9' 28" E | |
Dare River | 24° 50' 1" S | 128° 46' 12" E | |
Darganullup Brook | 33° 55' 26" S | 116° 27' 47" E | |
Darkan Gully | 33° 22' 8" S | 116° 49' 12" E | |
Darkin River | 32° 1' 58" S | 116° 15' 30" E | |
Darling Dale | 10° 28' 45" S | 105° 33' 17" E | |
Darlings Creek | 29° 34' 39" S | 115° 49' 29" E | |
Darlington Brook | 31° 54' 55" S | 116° 2' 53" E | |
Darlingup Gully | 33° 37' 15" S | 116° 45' 14" E | |
Darno Creek | 23° 24' 47" S | 115° 19' 27" E | |
Darring Brook | 32° 48' 56" S | 117° 17' 38" E | |
Datatine Gully | 33° 23' 51" S | 117° 47' 57" E | |
Date Palm Creek | 17° 17' 49" S | 128° 27' 7" E | |
Daurie Creek | 25° 12' 24" S | 115° 31' 21" E | |
Davidson Creek | 23° 24' 15" S | 120° 30' 42" E | |
Davis Brook | 32° 46' 12" S | 116° 5' 51" E | |
Davis Creek | 24° 54' 49" S | 115° 16' 15" E | |
Davis Creek | 29° 27' 0" S | 122° 1' 1" E | |
Davis River | 21° 42' 46" S | 121° 6' 3" E | |
Dawn Creek | 16° 1' 16" S | 127° 0' 3" E | |
Dawn Creek | 32° 51' 21" S | 116° 6' 59" E | |
Dawrra Creek | 15° 44' 52" S | 126° 6' 50" E | |
Dawson Creek | 21° 35' 50" S | 117° 6' 28" E | |
Dawson Gully | 33° 48' 16" S | 115° 11' 57" E | |
Daylight Creek | 22° 2' 57" S | 120° 0' 49" E | |
Daymeri Creek | 15° 3' 31" S | 127° 42' 29" E | |
De Grey River De Grey River The De Grey River is a river located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises South of Callawa at the confluence of the Oakover and the Nullagine rivers and flows in a west north westerly direction eventually discharging into the Indian Ocean via Breaker Inlet about 80 km North... |
20° 11' 54" S | 119° 11' 26" E | |
De La Porte Creek | 22° 55' 26" S | 118° 9' 1" E | |
De Lancourt River | 14° 40' 32" S | 127° 40' 7" E | |
Dead Finish Creek | 17° 52' 20" S | 127° 54' 20" E | |
Dead Horse Creek | 15° 46' 20" S | 128° 17' 54" E | |
Dead Horse Creek | 18° 28' 34" S | 126° 40' 43" E | |
Dead Horse Creek | 27° 55' 22" S | 120° 5' 28" E | |
Dead Horse Creek | 23° 9' 0" S | 116° 35' 58" E | |
Dead Horse Creek | 16° 5' 37" S | 127° 17' 36" E | |
Deadman Gully | 34° 30' 51" S | 117° 41' 52" E | |
Dean Creek | 24° 57' 27" S | 128° 50' 17" E | |
Death Adder Creek | 32° 8' 38" S | 116° 9' 2" E | |
Debil Debil Creek | 16° 43' 7" S | 125° 25' 38" E | |
Deception Creek | 16° 23' 15" S | 128° 1' 44" E | |
Decies Gully | 32° 33' 10" S | 117° 14' 51" E | |
Dedatup Brook | 34° 16' 6" S | 118° 23' 22" E | |
Deep Creek Deep Creek -Communities:*Deep Creek, California, former name of Cedarville, California*Deep Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Charlotte County*Deep Creek, Nevada*Deep Creek, Virginia, a former unincorporated town of the former Norfolk County... |
33° 23' 0" S | 118° 25' 38" E | |
Deep Creek Deep Creek -Communities:*Deep Creek, California, former name of Cedarville, California*Deep Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Charlotte County*Deep Creek, Nevada*Deep Creek, Virginia, a former unincorporated town of the former Norfolk County... |
16° 53' 56" S | 128° 10' 10" E | |
Deep Creek Deep Creek -Communities:*Deep Creek, California, former name of Cedarville, California*Deep Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Charlotte County*Deep Creek, Nevada*Deep Creek, Virginia, a former unincorporated town of the former Norfolk County... |
17° 47' 52" S | 122° 38' 33" E | |
Deep Gully | 34° 27' 8" S | 116° 4' 27" E | |
Deep River Deep River (Western Australia) Deep River is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The river is under tidal influence for the last of its length.Although generally shallow the Deep River has depths of up to in places.... |
35° 0' 16" S | 116° 39' 58" E | Falls into the Nornalup Inlet Nornalup Inlet Nornalup Inlet is an estuarine body of water on the south coast of the South West of Australia, approximately from Perth.It is approximately in extent, and up to deep... |
Deep Valley Creek | 16° 34' 21" S | 124° 55' 42" E | |
Dellas Creek | 24° 41' 20" S | 116° 11' 28" E | |
Denison Creek | 20° 45' 2" S | 116° 58' 37" E | |
Denmark River Denmark River The Denmark River is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The river rises near Pardelup and meanders in a southerly direction until it flows through Denmark into Wilson Inlet .... |
34° 58' 14" S | 117° 22' 0" E | |
Depot Brook | 32° 9' 18" S | 116° 47' 21" E | |
Depot Creek Depot Creek Depot Creek is a large creek in Whatcom County, Washington and British Columbia. Its headwaters are in Washington however, its mouth is in British Columbia. It is best known for the waterfall it flows over, Depot Creek Falls... |
21° 45' 8" S | 121° 3' 56" E | |
Desolation Creek | 24° 46' 59" S | 127° 57' 2" E | |
Deverell Creek | 24° 58' 31" S | 118° 12' 8" E | |
Deverell Creek North | 24° 35' 36" S | 118° 12' 17" E | |
Devil Creek | 34° 17' 52" S | 119° 14' 11" E | |
Devil Creek | 20° 49' 39" S | 116° 26' 6" E | |
Devil Creek | 23° 23' 54" S | 116° 24' 55" E | |
Devils Den Creek | 32° 52' 42" S | 116° 23' 50" E | |
Devils Gully | 34° 3' 11" S | 118° 3' 18" E | |
Dewar Creek | 30° 12' 53" S | 115° 33' 34" E | |
Diamond Tree Gully | 34° 23' 31" S | 116° 8' 41" E | |
Dickie Jones Gully | 31° 42' 49" S | 116° 1' 46" E | |
Dicks Creek | 16° 37' 41" S | 128° 39' 43" E | |
Diddenup Brook | 34° 18' 13" S | 115° 41' 5" E | |
Diegul Creek | 16° 22' 33" S | 125° 25' 53" E | |
Diggers Hill Gully | 30° 57' 29" S | 116° 2' 45" E | |
Dillon Brook | 32° 30' 42" S | 116° 4' 26" E | |
Dillon Creek | 28° 18' 19" S | 121° 45' 34" E | |
Dimble Creek | 25° 41' 52" S | 118° 2' 46" E | |
Dingo Creek | 16° 43' 5" S | 124° 7' 54" E | |
Dingo Creek | 22° 57' 5" S | 117° 51' 22" E | |
Dingo Creek | 27° 34' 52" S | 120° 41' 13" E | |
Dingo Creek | 16° 48' 20" S | 125° 43' 10" E | |
Dingo Creek | 29° 8' 46" S | 121° 38' 18" E | |
Dingo Creek | 17° 22' 7" S | 125° 53' 22" E | |
Dingo Creek | 21° 4' 40" S | 120° 0' 58" E | |
Dingo Creek | 23° 50' 35" S | 116° 5' 14" E | |
Dinner Camp Creek | 16° 51' 56" S | 125° 27' 1" E | |
Dinner Creek | 16° 32' 23" S | 126° 56' 46" E | |
Dinner Creek | 16° 48' 14" S | 128° 23' 43" E | |
Dinninup Brook | 33° 47' 19" S | 116° 29' 48" E | |
Dirk Brook | 32° 24' 23" S | 115° 53' 7" E | |
Discovery Creek | 23° 18' 24" S | 115° 47' 14" E | |
Divide Creek | 23° 34' 0" S | 118° 16' 45" E | |
Divide Gully | 21° 33' 10" S | 119° 33' 20" E | |
Djaluwon Creek | 20° 20' 14" S | 127° 27' 23" E | |
Djanda Creek | 15° 12' 24" S | 127° 45' 38" E | |
Djoni Creek | 15° 13' 22" S | 127° 55' 20" E | |
Docker Creek | 24° 30' 10" S | 128° 38' 4" E | |
Dockrell Creek | 18° 42' 50" S | 127° 3' 35" E | |
Doctors Brook | 31° 57' 19" S | 116° 50' 46" E | |
Doctors Creek East | 17° 11' 23" S | 123° 38' 27" E | |
Doctors Creek West | 17° 11' 42" S | 123° 38' 11" E | |
Dodger Creek | 28° 44' 36" S | 121° 18' 2" E | |
Dog Chain Creek | 17° 9' 56" S | 125° 14' 18" E | |
Doggerup Creek | 34° 46' 37" S | 115° 58' 40" E | |
Dolbys Gully | 28° 40' 6" S | 114° 38' 9" E | |
Dolgahroo Creek | 25° 38' 16" S | 122° 21' 15" E | |
Dolugup Brook | 33° 34' 55" S | 115° 5' 32" E | |
Dolyou Creek | 25° 40' 17" S | 122° 39' 32" E | |
Dombakup Brook | 34° 34' 35" S | 115° 58' 29" E | |
Dominic Creek | 14° 13' 33" S | 126° 41' 32" E | |
Don Creek | 18° 51' 35" S | 124° 57' 18" E | |
Donald Creek | 23° 18' 20" S | 115° 14' 27" E | |
Donald Creek | 23° 41' 34" S | 116° 12' 40" E | |
Donald River | 20° 44' 47" S | 115° 28' 15" E | |
Dongolocking Creek | 33° 24' 21" S | 117° 45' 47" E | |
Donkey Creek | 16° 42' 26" S | 125° 34' 29" E | |
Donkey Creek | 16° 15' 14" S | 128° 17' 8" E | |
Donkey Creek | 29° 37' 13" S | 115° 17' 34" E | |
Donkey Creek | 15° 41' 12" S | 126° 25' 17" E | |
Donnelly River Donnelly River (Western Australia) The Donnelly River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.The main tributaries of the Donnelly River are Barlee Brook and Carey Brook.The first European to sight the river was Lieutenant William Preston in 1831.... |
34° 29' 5" S | 115° 40' 17" E | |
Doodenoo Creek | 30° 30' 55" S | 115° 34' 3" E | |
Dookanelly Gully | 32° 59' 3" S | 116° 13' 23" E | |
Doolgarrie Creek | 23° 24' 18" S | 116° 28' 21" E | |
Doombup Creek | 33° 48' 52" S | 122° 2' 44" E | |
Doorawarrah Creek | 23° 42' 21" S | 115° 26' 31" E | |
Dora Creek | 16° 26' 23" S | 125° 35' 22" E | |
Dora Creek | 17° 12' 39" S | 126° 15' 55" E | |
Doradine Gully | 33° 15' 43" S | 117° 50' 46" E | |
Dorakin Gully | 31° 58' 0" S | 117° 29' 31" E | |
Doris Creek | 28° 8' 32" S | 122° 18' 47" E | |
Dort Creek | 33° 45' 15" S | 117° 18' 42" E | |
Double Brook | 34° 15' 34" S | 115° 42' 25" E | |
Double Creek | 27° 39' 41" S | 119° 30' 14" E | |
Double Strain Creek | 16° 27' 12" S | 128° 51' 49" E | |
Doweranin Creek | 24° 40' 15" S | 116° 11' 56" E | |
Dowies Creek | 31° 52' 43" S | 116° 10' 9" E | |
Dowitba Creek | 16° 37' 36" S | 125° 24' 45" E | |
Drake Creek | 34° 50' 50" S | 117° 16' 3" E | |
Drakes Brook | 32° 51' 31" S | 115° 55' 30" E | |
Drip Creek | 18° 23' 24" S | 123° 9' 28" E | |
Dromaius Creek | 15° 59' 58" S | 126° 54' 5" E | |
Drum Creek | 15° 5' 55" S | 126° 8' 21" E | |
Dry Brook | 34° 47' 22" S | 117° 59' 39" E | |
The Dry Brook | 33° 58' 34" S | 115° 45' 58" E | |
Dry Creek | 16° 39' 19" S | 128° 43' 23" E | |
Drysdale River Drysdale River Drysdale River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The river rises in the Caroline Ranges, flows in a northerly direction and discharges into Napier Broome Bay near Kalumburu... |
13° 56' 17" S | 126° 48' 55" E | |
Du Boulay Creek | 21° 1' 38" S | 116° 8' 1" E | |
Dubaut Creek | 25° 51' 57" S | 113° 43' 25" E | |
Duck Creek | 22° 35' 17" S | 115° 56' 5" E | |
Duck Hole Creek | 18° 29' 17" S | 125° 22' 41" E | |
Duckhole Creek | 17° 13' 11" S | 125° 52' 36" E | |
Dudijup Creek | 34° 7' 44" S | 116° 15' 5" E | |
Dudinyillup Gully | 33° 49' 47" S | 115° 55' 9" E | |
Duerdin Creek | 18° 27' 54" S | 127° 59' 10" E | |
Duffer Creek | 21° 5' 54" S | 119° 45' 14" E | |
Duke Creek | 33° 53' 30" S | 122° 35' 35" E | |
Duleep Creek | 33° 57' 42" S | 119° 1' 9" E | |
Dullagabbie Creek | 28° 11' 7" S | 117° 30' 36" E | |
Dumpling Gully | 33° 50' 35" S | 116° 1' 3" E | |
Dundagee Creek | 23° 39' 35" S | 116° 15' 47" E | |
Dunedale Creek | 15° 38' 44" S | 124° 43' 55" E | |
Dungaroo Creek | 30° 36' 14" S | 116° 16' 10" E | |
Dunham River Dunham River Dunham River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The river rises between the Durack Range and the O'Donnell Range then flows north west parallel with the Great Northern Highway to the East and the Bedford Stock Route to the West... |
15° 46' 26" S | 128° 41' 13" E | |
Dunn Creek | 22° 34' 31" S | 122° 15' 25" E | |
Durack River Durack River Durack River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.The river rises below the Durack Range then flows north discharging into the west arm of Cambridge Gulf... |
15° 36' 30" S | 127° 50' 34" E | |
Durawah Gully | 28° 33' 51" S | 114° 45' 20" E | |
Durbai Creek | 20° 0' 38" S | 127° 32' 51" E | |
Durlacher Creek | 23° 58' 16" S | 116° 4' 53" E | |
Dwalganup Brook | 33° 59' 49" S | 116° 28' 26" E | |
Dwarderdine Gully | 32° 46' 49" S | 116° 39' 25" E | |
Dwellingerup Brook | 32° 45' 31" S | 116° 3' 19" E | |
Dyason Creek | 17° 28' 36" S | 125° 12' 52" E | |
Dyke Creek | 21° 7' 50" S | 120° 9' 6" E |