The river rises in the Elizabeth and Catherine Range and flows in a southerly direction eventually veering west along the northern edge of the Munja Aboriginal Reserve and discharging into the Indian Ocean via Walcott Inlet.
There are five tributaries to the Calder River: Tims Creek, Red Bull Creek, Bachsten Creek, Neville Creek and Brockman River.
calder, river, western, australia, calder, river, river, kimberley, region, western, australia, calder, riverlocationcountryaustraliaphysical, characteristicssource, locationelizabeth, catherine, range, elevation365, metres, mouth, locationwalcott, inlet, elev. The Calder River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia Calder RiverLocationCountryAustraliaPhysical characteristicsSource locationElizabeth and Catherine Range elevation365 metres 1 198 ft 1 Mouth locationWalcott Inlet elevationsea levelLength99 kilometres 62 mi 2 The river rises in the Elizabeth and Catherine Range and flows in a southerly direction eventually veering west along the northern edge of the Munja Aboriginal Reserve and discharging into the Indian Ocean via Walcott Inlet There are five tributaries to the Calder River Tims Creek Red Bull Creek Bachsten Creek Neville Creek and Brockman River Europeans first learned of the river in 1901 when the surveyor Frederick Slade Drake Brockman came across the river while on an expedition in the area close to the river s mouth Brockman named the river after John Calder the leader of a prospecting party that was in area at the same time 16 18 16 S 125 3 26 E 16 30444 S 125 05722 E 16 30444 125 05722References edit Bonzle Digital Atlas Map of Calder River WA 2008 Retrieved 26 November 2008 History of river names C Western Australian Land Information Authority Archived from the original on 19 April 2021 Retrieved 8 December 2008 This article related to a river in Western Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calder River Western Australia amp oldid 1137524152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
