Fraser River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • elevation138 metres (453 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
King Sound
 • elevation
sea level
Length70 kilometres (43 mi)[2]
Basin size2,752 km2 (1,063 sq mi)[3]

The Fraser River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The river rises northwest of Mount Jowlaenger and flows east passing through some permanent pools such as Ungalete Pool and Lowangun Pool before discharging into King Sound.

The only tributary of the Fraser is Bungarragut Creek.

The explorer Alexander Forrest visited the river in 1879. Forrest named the river after Malcolm Fraser, the Commissioner of Crown Lands at the time.

The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Warrwa.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Fraser River". 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  2. ^ "History of river names – F". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

17°21′0″S 123°18′38″E / 17.35000°S 123.31056°E / -17.35000; 123.31056


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