The George River is a
river in the
Pilbara region of
Western Australia. The river was named on 16 July 1861 by the surveyor and explorer
Frank Gregory, who was conducting an expedition in the area. It is not known after whom he named the river.
The river rises in the
Chichester Range and flows northerly through the
Millstream-Chichester National Park, cutting across the
North West Coastal Highway before discharging into the Little Sherlock River east of
Roebourne.
The George has three tributaries; The Little George River, Narrina Creek and Grant Spring Creek. It also flows through several semi-permanent water holes including Yanna Pool, white Spring Pool and Terenar Pool.
The river is part of the Port Hedland coastal drainage basin along with the
Maitland,
Harding
Harding may refer to:
People
*Harding (surname)
*Maureen Harding Clark (born 1946), Irish jurist
Places Australia
* Harding River
Iran
* Harding, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province
South Africa
* Harding, KwaZulu-Natal
United Sta ...
,
Sherlock,
Turner River
The Turner River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Overview
The headwaters of the river rise below Pullcunah Hill and flows in a northerly direction and crosses the North West Coastal Highway approximately south of Por ...
and
Yule River.
References
Rivers of the Pilbara region
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