Beasley River

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Beasley River
Data
location Western Australia , Australia
River system Ashburton River
Drain over Hardey River  → Ashburton River  → Indian Ocean
source Hamersley Range
22 ° 27 ′ 23 ″  S , 117 ° 33 ′ 56 ″  E
Source height 600  m
muzzle Hardey River at Cheela Plains Coordinates: 22 ° 59 ′ 25 "  S , 116 ° 53 ′ 8"  E 22 ° 59 ′ 25 "  S , 116 ° 53 ′ 8"  E
Mouth height 258  m
Height difference 342 m
Bottom slope 2.6 ‰
length 131 km
Right tributaries Beasley River West
Flowing lakes Woongarra pool
Medium-sized cities Tom Price
Communities Cheela Plains

The Beasley River is a river in the northwest of the Australian state of Western Australia . It is located in the Pilbara region .

geography

The river has its source in the Hamersley Range about 40 kilometers northwest of Tom Price . It then flows southwest and flows into the Hardey River at the settlement of Cheela Plains .

Tributaries with mouth heights

Flowing lakes

Origin of name

The river was named in 1962 after the surveyor Thomas Beasley , who first mentioned it in a report of his 1885 expedition. This river was previously called the Turner River . It was renamed so that it could not be confused with another river of the same name in Western Australia.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map of Beasley River, WA . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 86.
  3. ↑ History of River Names - B . Landgate ( Memento from July 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )