Berkeley River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTadarida Scarp
 • elevation422 metres (1,385 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Timor Sea
 • elevation
sea level
Length135 kilometres (84 mi)
Basin size5,149 square kilometres (1,988 sq mi)[2]

The Berkeley River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[3][4]

The river flows for 135 km to the Timor Sea via the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf near Reveley Island and Cape St Lambert.

The river rises from the Tadrida Scarp and flows in a north-easterly direction through the Drysdale River National Park and the Oombulgarri Indigenous Reserve before discharging into the Timor Sea. The river has two tributaries, the De Lancourt River and Casuarina Creek.

The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Miwa people.[5]

The river was named in 1911 by the explorer Charles Price Conigrave. He named the river after his brother Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave.[6]

It is regularly visited by Ocean Dream Charters while on Kimberley coastal cruises.

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Berkeley River". 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Modelled seabed response to possible climate change scenarios over the next 50 years in the Australian Northwest" (PDF). CSIRO. 1 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Letters Kimberley coast". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. ^ "[No heading]". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1912. p. 40. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Ausanthrop – Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ^ "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

14°21′09″S 127°47′20″E / 14.35250°S 127.78889°E / -14.35250; 127.78889

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