| Yalgar River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Glengarry Range |
| • elevation | 609 m (1,998 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Murchison River |
• elevation | 391 m (1,283 ft) |
| Length | 185 kilometres (115 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Glengarry Creek,Hope River |
TheYalgar River is a 185-kilometre-longtributary of theMurchison River, located in theShire of Meekatharra in centralWestern Australia. It rises in the Glengarry Range 25 km southeast of Mooloogool Station homestead, about 80 kilometres northeast ofMeekatharra, flowing 145 kilometres westward (crossing the Great Northern Highway atKarralundi) to a junction with theHope River. From there it flows north-northwesterly for about 40 kilometres, emptying into the upper reaches of theMurchison River, nearMoorarie Station homestead on the Carnarvon-Meekatharra Road.[1][2]
Originally called Ord Creek, the river was named after Yalgar Pool on the Hope River, a watering point on the Cue-AshburtonStock Route.[3][4]
25°56′S117°34′E / 25.933°S 117.567°E /-25.933; 117.567
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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