| Angove River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Water Reserve 13802 |
| Mouth | |
• location | Angove Lake |
| Length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
| Basin size | 29 km2 (11 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1,880 ML/a (2.10 cu ft/s) |
TheAngove River orAngove Creek is a river located in theGreat Southern region ofWestern Australia; most of the river is found withinTwo Peoples Bay Nature Reserve.
The stream was seen in 1898 by surveyor William Angove, and was named after him in 1913 by another surveyor, B. W. Ridley.[2]
The river rises in swamps north of the water supply reserve then enter the reserve, where a pipehead dam is located to provide potable water toAlbany. It then flows through a gauging weir then entersTwo Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. It continues through a 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel that is on private land and was constructed to drain nearby farm land. The river eventually discharges intoAngove Lake.[3]
The water is of excellent quality and is considered as fresh,potable water. As of 2008[update] only 5% of the catchment area had been cleared, mostly in the very upper reaches and around the lake. The catchment area is one of the few areas ofAlbany Blackbutt Woodland left in Australia and is considered to be an important biological link betweenTwo Peoples Bay andMount Manypeaks.[4]
The river is used to supply water to the town ofAlbany, which is located 29 kilometres (18 mi) west of the river. As of 2004 a total of 1,600megalitres (2,092,721 cu yd) of water was being taken from the river every year.[5]
Fish ladders have been installed in the river in an effort to minimise disruption tofish migration patterns.[citation needed]
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 | |
34°56′21″S118°10′1″E / 34.93917°S 118.16694°E /-34.93917; 118.16694
