The Lyons River is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

Gascoyne The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gasc ...

region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. The headwaters of the Lyons rise just west of the Teano Range and the river flows generally south-west, joined by 36

tributaries A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...

including the Edmund River,

Frederick River The Frederick River is a river that is located in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Kenneth Range. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, joined by one minor tributary until i ...

, Onslow Creek, Gifford Creek, Koorabooka Creek and Ulura Creek. The Lyons reaches its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

with the

Gascoyne River The Gascoyne River is a river in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. At , it is the longest river in Western Australia. Description The Gascoyne River comprises three branches in its upper reaches. Draining the Collier Range, the river ...

near the township of Gascoyne Junction near the southern end of the Kennedy Range. The river descends over its course. Several permanent pools of water exist along the river including Cattle Pool, Windarrie Pool and Bubbawonnara Pool. The Lyons River is known as ''Mithering'' by the local

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, the Malgaru. The first European to come upon the river was explorer

Francis Gregory Francis Hoyt Gregory (October 9, 1789 – October 4, 1866) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 through to the Civil War, serving then as a rear admiral. Early life Gregory was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of ...

in 1858, he named the river after the naval hero Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons.

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Rivers of the Gascoyne region {{WesternAustralia-river-stub

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