Dunham River

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The Dunham River is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in the Kimberley region. Sometimes the river is also mistakenly called Denham River.

Geography

The river rises on the western slopes of the O'Donnell Range and flows north-east parallel to the Great Northern Highway. When Cabbage Tree Creek, he crossed the Great Northern Highway and later the Victoria Highway west of Kununurra. A few hundred meters further it flows into the Ord River.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

  • Cabbage Tree Creek - 142 m
  • Pelican Creek - 130 m
  • Macphee Creek - 87 m
  • Cabbage Tree Creek - 74 m
  • Rabbit Creek - 42 m
  • Pumpkin Creek Lookout - 42 m

Flushed lakes

  • Flying Fox Waterhole - 45 m

Origin of the name

The river was named in 1882 by explorer and pioneer of the Kimberley Michael Durack after administration officials Reverend Father Dunham from Brisbane, of the Cooper Creek visited in 1871 as the first parish priest in outback Queensland.

Floods

The Dunham River occurs when heavy rains often overflows its banks. In March 2000, the withheld on such an occasion amount of water to 2,700 m³ / s was estimated.

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