| Berkeley River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Tadarida Scarp |
| • elevation | 422 metres (1,385 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Timor Sea |
• elevation | sea level |
| Length | 135 km (84 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,149 km2 (1,988 sq mi)[2] |
TheBerkeley River is a river in theKimberley region ofWestern Australia.[3][4]
The river flows for 135 km to theTimor Sea via theJoseph Bonaparte Gulf near Reveley Island and Cape St Lambert.
The river rises from the Tadrida Scarp and flows in a north-easterly direction through theDrysdale River National Park and the Oombulgarri Indigenous Reserve before discharging into the Timor Sea. The river has twotributaries, the De Lancourt River and Casuarina Creek.
Thetraditional owners of the areas around the river are theMiwa people.[5]
The river was named in 1911 by the explorerCharles Price Conigrave. He named the river after his brother Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave.[6]
14°21′09″S127°47′20″E / 14.35250°S 127.78889°E /-14.35250; 127.78889
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 | |
