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Edmund River

River in Western Australia

23°35′14″S 116°22′29″E / 23.58722°S 116.37472°E / -23.58722; 116.37472 • elevation423 m (1,388 ft) Mouthconfluence with the Lyons River

• location

east of Oakey Rock

• coordinates

23°59′3″S 116°1′44″E / 23.98417°S 116.02889°E / -23.98417; 116.02889

• elevation

293 m (961 ft)Length85 km (53 mi)Basin featuresRiver systemGascoyne RiverTributaries • leftEdmund Claypan Creek, Donald Creek, Rock Hole Creek, Dingo Creek (Western Australia) • rightDundagee Creek, Bobbamindagee Creek^[1]^[2]

The Edmund River is a river in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the Edmund rise north of the Barlee Range. The river flows south-west joined by the Dundagee, Edmund Claypan, Bobbamindagee, Rock Hole, Dingo and Donald Creeks until it forms its confluence with the Lyons River. The Lyons continues until it flows into the Gascoyne River. The river descends 130 metres (430 ft) over its 85-kilometre (53 mi) course.^[2]

The first European to discover the river was explorer Francis Gregory in 1858. The river was named by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe after the naval hero Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "History of river names – E". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Edmund River, WA". Bonzle Digital Atlas. 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.