Meda River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • elevation45 metres (148 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
King Sound
 • elevation
sea level
Length88 kilometres (55 mi)[2]
Basin size3,467 square kilometres (1,339 sq mi)[3]

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

The river is formed when the Lennard River splits into two channels just north of Mount Marmion, the other channel being the May River. Continuing to flow westward the river eventually discharges into Stokes Bay, King Sound which is north-east of Derby.

The river was named in 1881 by a pioneer of the area, George Julius Brockman during an expedition in the Kimberley area. The river is named after HMS Meda, an Admiralty surveying vessel that charted the coastline in the area including the river mouth in 1880.

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

The Meda has three tributaries, the Lennard River, May River and Hawkstone Creek.

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Meda River". 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ^ "History of river names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 6 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.

16°58′13″S 123°49′34″E / 16.97028°S 123.82611°E / -16.97028; 123.82611


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