| Beaufort River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | west ofWoodanilling |
| • elevation | 262 metres (860 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Arthur River |
• elevation | 228 metres (748 ft)[2] |
| Length | 80 km (50 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 1,565 km2 (604 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 23,277 ML/a (26.048 cu ft/s) |
TheBeaufort River is ariver in theSouth West region ofWestern Australia.
The river was named in 1835 byJohn Septimus Roe,Surveyor General ofWestern Australia, after a friend Rear Admiral SirFrancis Beaufort who wasHydrographer of the Navy from 1829 to 1855.[4]
The river has itsheadwaters west ofWoodanilling near Melbourne Vale and flows in a westerly direction until it flows into theArthur River near Duranillin. The Arthur River is atributary of theBlackwood River.
The only tributary of the river is the 7.5-kilometre (4.7 mi) Beaufort River East that joins the main river just east of where it crossesAlbany Highway.
The river's catchment falls within theBlackwood catchment's Beaufort zone as part of the Beaufort system. The system is composed of broad valley floors with a grey sandy duplex and was previously awandoosheoak[5] woodland but has now mostly been cleared for agriculture.
33°31′S116°50′E / 33.517°S 116.833°E /-33.517; 116.833
Rivers ofWestern Australia | |
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| Rivers of theGascoyne region | |
| Rivers of theGoldfields–Esperance region | |
| Rivers of theGreat Southern region | |
| Rivers of theKimberley region |
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| Rivers of theMid West region | |
| Rivers of thePeel andPerth regions | |
| Rivers of thePilbara region | |
| Rivers of theSouth West region | |
| Rivers of theWheatbelt region | |
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