The estuaries of Western Australia (also known as the Inlets of Western Australia) are located along the

coastline of Western Australia Western Australia has the longest coastline of any state or territory in Australia, at 10,194 km or 12,889 km (20,781 km including islands). It is a significant portion of the coastline of Australia, which is 35,877 km (59,7 ...

. The coastline can be considered in three main sections: south, west, and Kimberley. Some estuarine features carry through all three regions. Wetlands and estuaries of the

south west The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...

region have very similar ecologies and occurrences of biota.

South

The estuary/inlet names do not necessarily relate to the names of the rivers that flow into them. (This list is along the coast from the east near Esperance to the west near

Cape Leeuwin Cape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly (but not most southerly) mainland point of the Australian continent, in the state of Western Australia. Description A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further in Flinders ...

.) * Barker *

Stokes Inlet Stokes Inlet is an inlet in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The inlet is situated west of Esperance in Stokes National Park and is set is a large river valley with permanent deep water and high dunes located on either s ...

* Torradup * Oldfield Estuary * Jerdacuttup * Culham Inlet * Hamersley * Dempster * Fitzgerald * St Marys *

Gordon Inlet Gordon Inlet is an estuarine inlet, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The inlet is at the south west corner of the Fitzgerald River National Park and approximately north west of the town of Bremer Bay. The estuar ...

* Wellstead Estuary * Beaufort Inlet * Cheyne * Waychinicup * Normans * Taylor Inlet * Oyster Harbour *

Torbay Inlet Torbay Inlet is an estuarine inlet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia situated approximately east of the town of Denmark, Western Australia. Torbay Inlet is a wave-dominated estuary that functions primarily as a result of wave e ...

Wilson Inlet Wilson Inlet is a shallow, seasonally open estuary located on the coast of the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Description The inlet receives water from the two main rivers: the Denmark River and the Hay River and some smaller ...

* Parry *

Irwin Inlet Irwin Inlet is an inlet in the located on the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was also known as Quarram Inlet. The inlet receives water from two main sources, Bow River of the north west and Kent River to the north east. The inl ...

Nornalup Inlet Nornalup Inlet ( /ˈnoːnələp ˈɪnlət/ Australian English) is an estuarine body of water on the south coast of the South West of Australia, approximately from Perth. It is approximately in extent, and up to deep. It is fed by the Deep ...

* Broke Inlet * Gardner * Warren * Donnelly *

Hardy Inlet Hardy Inlet is an inlet that is located in the South West region of Western Australia. The town of Augusta is situated on the South Western shore of the inlet, the inlet opens to the Southern Ocean via Flinders Bay. Both the Blackwood River ...

West

Harvey Estuary The Peel-Harvey Estuarine System ( nys, Djilba) is a natural estuarine system that lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuarine system c ...

Peel Inlet The Peel-Harvey Estuarine System ( nys, Djilba) is a natural estuarine system that lies roughly parallel to the coast of Western Australia and south of the town of Mandurah. The strip of land between the Indian Ocean and the estuarine system c ...

Kimberley

Cambridge Gulf Cambridge Gulf is a gulf on the north coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Many rivers flow into the gulf, including the Ord River, Pentecost River, Durack River, King River and the Forrest River, making the environment an ...

and

Ord River The Ord River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers . The lower Ord River and the conjunction with Cambridge Gulf create the most northern estuarine environment in Western Australia. The Ord ...

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