| Lunenburgh River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Worsley, Western Australia |
| • elevation | 187 m (614 ft)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Brunswick River[1] |
• elevation | 74.8 m (245 ft) |
| Length | 16 km (10 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 56.3 square kilometres (22 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 11.6 GL/a (3.1×109 US gal/a)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Otho River, Sophia River |
TheLunenburgh River is aperennial river in theSouth West region ofWestern Australia.[1]
The river rises in theDarling Range near the abandoned timber mill town ofWorsley, then flows north-west discharging into theBrunswick River atBeela. The river's catchment of 56.3 square kilometres (22 sq mi) receives a mean annual rainfall of 1,004 millimetres (40 in) with mean annual runoff of 206 millimetres (8 in). Vegetation is 100%jarrah-marri forest (severely affected bydieback disease), of which 15% is cleared. Land use is partstate forest reserve, part private timber leases, with a few small mixed farms. The Lunenburgh's twotributaries are the Otho and the Sophia.[1][2]
The river was named in March 1830 by Lieutenant-GovernorJames Stirling afterErnest Augustus,Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg andKing of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child ofGeorge III. Over a period of 5 days in December 1813, while in command ofHMSBrazen, Captain Stirling had transported the Duke and his entourage toWijk aan Zee inHolland.[3] In the period since 1813, Prince Ernest Augustus had greatly increased in importance. In 1813 he was fifthin line to the throne. UponWilliam IV's succession asKing in June 1830, he was second in line to the throne afterPrincess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. Following exploration of theBrunswick River and its tributaries by boat, Stirling named a number for Prince Ernest Augustus: the Brunswick; the Ernest; the Augustus; the Frederic (after his wifeFrederica); the Otho (afterOtho I, the first Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg); and the Sophia and the Matilda (after Prince Ernest's sisterPrincess Sophia Matilda).[4]
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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 | |
