Lyons River

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The Lyons River is a river in the west of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in the region of Gascoyne.

Geography

The river rises in the western part of Teano Range, then flows first north-west to the village of Gifford, then west to the settlement Mangaroon and finally south to its confluence with the Gascoyne River in the small town of Gascoyne Junction near the southern tip of the Kennedy Range National park.

Tributaries with muzzle heights

• Lyons River North - 382 m
• Frederick River - 357 m
• Bangemall Creek - 344 m
• Koorabooka Creek - 343 m
• Spring Creek - 329 m
• Elliot Creek - 323 m
• Bolton Creek - 322 m
• Pimbyana Creek - 315 m
• Gifford Creek - 308 m
• Fraser Creek - 307 m
• Yangibana Creek 301 m
• Six Mile Creek - 298 m
• Edmund River - 293 m
• McGuire Creek - 290 m
• Winmar Creek - 290 m
• Alma River - 271 m
• Mangaroon Creek - 261 m
• Minnie Creek - 254 m
• Oakley Wash - 248 m
• Wongarrie Creek - 242 m
• Booroothunty Creek - 241 m
• Russell Creek - 239 m
• Coonoocoo Wash - 237 m
• Ulura Creek - 228 m
• Coorroolthoo Creek - 226 m
• Well Billy Creek - 223 m
• Copper Creek detention - 220 m
• Cabrajacka Creek - 216 m
• Onslow Creek - 211 m
• Paradise Creek - 198 m
• Austin Creek - 188 m
• Salt Springs Creek - 177 m
• Binthabooka Creek - 175 m
• Damper Creek - 174 m
• Davis Creek - 154 m
• Mungarra Creek - 140 m

Flushed lakes

• Cattle pool - 376 m
• Edithana pool - 345 m
• Windarrie pool - 312 m
• Bubbawonarra pool - 251 m
• Wongarrie pool - 246 m

History

The first European who discovered the river, was in 1858 the researcher Francis Gregory. He named it after the naval hero Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons.

For the Aborigines, the Malgaru, the river is called Mithering.