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 ...
has many watercourses with
gazetted
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names, including
river
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s,
stream
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s,
brook
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s,
creeks,
gullies
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,
anabranch
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es and
backwaters.
This lis is complete with respect to the 1996
Gazetteer of Australia
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.
Gazetteer of Australia
The Gazetteer of Australia is an index or dictionary of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. Geographic names include towns, suburbs and roads, plus geographical features such as hills, rivers, and lakes.
The index is ...
(1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data,
and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any watercourses have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; some watercourses may extend over long distances.
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, 0-9
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, A
Western Australia has List of watercourses in Western Australia, many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, stream, brooks, stream, creeks, gully, gullies, anabranches and Backwater (river), backwaters.
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, B
Western Australia has many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, gullies, anabranches and backwaters.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia (1996) ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, C
Western Australia has many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, gullies, anabranches and backwaters.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, D
Western Australia has many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, gullies, anabranches and backwaters.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia
The Gaz ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, E-H
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, I-L
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, M
Western Australia has many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, gullies, anabranches and backwaters.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia (1996). ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, N-Q
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, R-S
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, T-V
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List of watercourses in Western Australia, W-Z
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See also
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Geography of Western Australia
Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent. Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, aft ...
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140122022605/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names
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Rivers of Australia
This is a list of rivers of Australia. Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Althoug ...
, prefix=Rivers of, VI=Victoria
Watercourses in Western Australia
Watercourses
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ar ...