Oakover River

Oakover River
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Data
location	Western Australia , Australia
River system	De Gray River
Drain over	De Gray River  → Indian Ocean
source	at Junction Well (Wadara Range) 23 ° 6 ′ 51 ″  S , 121 ° 3 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height	595  m
muzzle	De Gray River southeast of Callawa Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′ 3 "  S , 120 ° 32 ′ 58"  E 20 ° 42 ′ 3 "  S , 120 ° 32 ′ 58"  E
Mouth height	129  m
Height difference	466 m
Bottom slope	1.2 ‰
length	398.2 km
Catchment area	16,383 km²
Left tributaries	Stag Arrow Creek, Christmas Creek, Carrowina Creek, Tongololo Creek, Macpherson Creek, Davis River , Boondamana Creek, Carawine Creek, Boodalgerri Creek, Midgengadge Creek, Gingarrigan Creek, Yilgalong Creek
Right tributaries	Enacheddong Creek, Gregory Creek, Pearana Creek, Brumby Creek, Woodie Woodie Creek, Muddauthera Creek, Wandy Wandy Creek, Yownama Creek, Tanguin Creek, Vanadium Creek, Parsons Creek
Flowing lakes	Upper Tarra Tarra Pool , Tooncoonaragee Pool , Carawine Pool , Upper Carawine Pool , Midgengadge Pool , Yilgalong Pool , Cooracoorawine Pool , Chukuwalyee Pool , Calbine Pool , Toombingidgee Pool , Yulading Pool , Ngumberamooring Pool

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

geography

The river has its source north of the Wadara Range and west of the Saltbush Range near the settlement of Junction Well . This area is north of the Small Sand Desert . On the western edge of an area over which the Aborigines of Martu a Native Title hold, and along the Throssell Range , the Gregory Range and the Isabella range of Oakover River flows north, where he located southeast of the settlement Callawa on the southwestern edge of the Great Sandy Desert to the Nullagine River unites to form the De Gray River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

• Stag Arrow Creek - 436 m
• Christmas Creek - 389 m
• Carrowina Creek - 382 m
• Enacheddong Creek - 338 m
• Tongololo Creek - 333 m
• Gregory Creek - 315 m
• Pearana Creek - 315 m
• Macpherson Creek - 309 m
• Davis River - 269 m
• Boondamana Creek - 269 m
• Brumby Creek - 249 m
• Woodie Woodie Creek - 248 m
• Muddauthera Creek - 229 m
• Carawine Creek - 235 m
• Boodalgerri Creek - 222 m
• Midgengadge Creek - 212 m
• Wandy Wandy Creek - 209 m
• Yownama Creek - 203 m
• Tanguin Creek - 198 m
• Gingarrigan Creek - 186 m
• Vanadium Creek - 185 m
• Parsons Creek - 177 m
• Yilgalong Creek - 176 m

Flowing lakes

The Oakover River flows through a number of year-round pools:

• Upper Tarra Tarra Pool - 295 m
• Tooncoonaragee Pool - 251 m
• Carawine Pool - 245 m
• Upper Carawine Pool - 239 m
• Midgengadge Pool - 215 m
• Yilgalong Pool - 174 m
• Cooracoorawine Pool - 171 m
• Chukuwalyee Pool - 165 m
• Calbine Pool - 156 m
• Toombingidgee Pool - 151 m
• Yulading Pool - 135 m
• Ngumberamooring Pool - 133 m

history

The first European to discover the Oakover River was Francis Gregory . His colleague Peter Warburton crossed the river on a camel in 1873 towards the end of his expedition through the Great Sand Desert.

The original owners of this land were the Aborigines from the Njamal or Nyamal tribe .

See also

• List of rivers in Western Australia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Map of Oakover River, WA (595 m - 486 m) . Bonzle.com
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Map of Oakover River, WA (437 m - 129 m) . Bonzle.com
3. ↑ River Monitoring Stations - Oakover River - Ripon Hills Road . Department of Water. Government of Western Australia (2009) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 87
5. ^ The History of Australian Exploration . Gutenberg Project (2000). Cape. XII
6. ^ Peter Warburton . Australian Dictionary if Biography (2010)
7. ^ Australian Aboriginal Tribal Database . ausanthrop.net (2009)