| Beasley River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Hamersley Range |
| • elevation | 600 metres (1,969 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Hardey River |
• elevation | 254 metres (833 ft) |
| Length | 105 km (65 mi) |
TheBeasley River is ariver in thePilbara region ofWestern Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in theHamersley Range approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west ofTom Price and flows in a south-westerly direction through Woongarra Pool before discharging into theHardey River.
The only tributary of the river is Beasley River West.
The river was named in 1962 after governmentsurveyor Thomas Beasley, who first recorded it during an expedition in 1885. Previously the river had been known as the Turner River but was renamed to avoid confusion with theTurner River nearPort Hedland.[2]
22°59′25″S116°53′8″E / 22.99028°S 116.88556°E /-22.99028; 116.88556
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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