Lunenburgh River
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location | Western Australia , Australia | |
River system | Collie River | |
Drain over | Brunswick River → Collie River → Indian Ocean | |
source | Darling Range at Fernbrook 33 ° 15 ′ 55 ″ S , 115 ° 59 ′ 6 ″ E |
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Source height | 187 m | |
muzzle |
Brunswick River near Beela Coordinates: 33 ° 13 ′ 49 " S , 115 ° 54 ′ 37" E 33 ° 13 ′ 49 " S , 115 ° 54 ′ 37" E |
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Mouth height | 78 m | |
Height difference | 109 m | |
Bottom slope | 12 ‰ | |
length | 9 km | |
Left tributaries | Otho River , Sophia River | |
Communities | Beela |
The Lunenburgh River (German: Lüneburg River ) is a river in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia .
geography
The river has its source on the southern slopes of the Darling Range near Fernbrook . From there it flows to the northwest, where he at beela in the Brunswick River flows .
Tributaries with mouth heights
- Otho River - 185 m
- Sophia River - 126 m
history
The river was named in 1830 by Governor James Stirling after Ernst August I , King of Hanover and Prince of Braunschweig - Lüneburg . In 1813 the king was a passenger on the HMS Brazen , on which Stirling was the captain.
The other names and titles of the king were partly processed in other rivers in the region, such as the Brunswick River (German: 'Braunschweig-Fluss'), the Ernest River (German: 'Ernst-Fluss') and the Augustus River ( German: 'August River').