Carbunup River

Infobox River
river_name = Carbunup River


caption =
origin = Whicher Range
mouth = Geographe Bay|Western Australia
basin_countries = Australia
length = convert|36|km|mi|0
elevation =
discharge = 10.8 m³/sec 34210 ML/year [cite web|url=http://203.20.251.100/waterinformation/telem/610015/han.htm|title=Department of Water - Carbunup monitoring station|year=2007|accessdate=2007-07-31]
watershed = convert|170|km2|acre|0

The Carbunup River is located in the South West corner of Western Australia. The mouth of the Carbunup River is approximately convert|20|km|mi|0 west of Busselton where the river flows into Geographe Bay.

The Carbunup River is convert|36|km|mi|0 in length and flows North from its headwaters in the Treeton State Forest/Whicher Range in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River. [cite web|url=http://portal.water.wa.gov.au/portal/page/portal/WaterQuality/Publications/TechnicalReports/Content/Carbunup%20River%20Action%20Plan.pdf|title=Carbunup River Action Plan|year=2000|accessdate=2007-06-02]

The nearest water courses are Mary Brook to the West and Buayanyup River to the East, both of these rivers travel in a parallel direction to the Carbunup River. The catchment area is convert|170|km2|sqmi|1 of which 55% is cleared. The Carbunup River is located in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste area where it crosses two physiographic regions, the 15 km wide Swan Coastal Plain and the gently undulating Blackwood Plateau.

History

The river was originally named the Lennox river after Lennox Bussell by Captain John Molloy in 1835. [cite web|url=http://www.busselton.wa.gov.au/publications/reports_plans_brochures/carbunup_reserve_management_plan.pdf|title=Carbunup Reserve Management Plan|year=2002|accessdate=2007-07-31] The name was changed to Carbunup River that is the aboriginal word that means either 'place of a kindly stream', 'place of cormorants' or 'place of the stinkwood thicket'. [LandInfo WA|r|C|2008-08-04]

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