Jerdacuttup River is a river located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of

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. The water in the river is naturally saline. The river rises on the edge of the Yilgarn Plateau north of

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below Mount Short and drains the eastern side of the Ravensthorpe Range before flowing south and draining into the Jerdacuttup lakes close to the

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and east of Hopetoun. The

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of the river include Moolyall Creek, Woodenup Creek, Cordingup Creek, Carlingup Creek, Boaiup Creek, Bandalup Creek and Burlabup Creek. The name is

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in origin and first charted by John Forrest in 1870. The river is the location of a significant komatiite deposit

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Rivers of the Goldfields-Esperance region {{WesternAustralia-river-stub

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