Minilya River

Minilya River
Minilya River
Mouth Lake MacLeod
Basin countries Australia
Length 210 kilometres (130 mi)
Source elevation 275 metres (902 ft)[1]
Mouth elevation sea level
Avg. discharge 44847 ML/annum[2]
Basin area 52,662 square kilometres (20,333 sq mi)[3]

The Minilya River is a river in the Gascoyne of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise in the south west of the Black Range then flows in a westerly direction crossing the North West Coastal Highway near the Minilya Roadhouse then later discharging into Lake MacLeod. The area is semi-arid with a landscape of woodland and scrub used for sheep and cattle grazng.

The Minilya has three tributaries; Minilya River South, Bee Well Creek and Naughton Creek.

The name of the river is aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown. The first Europeans to discover the river were the explorers who named it; Charles Brockman and George Hamersley who visited the area in 1876.[4]

The traditional owners of the area is the Targari and Baljungu peoples.[5]

The soils throughout the river basin are eroded and the regional ecology is degraded as a result of cattle grazing from the numerous pastoral stations found through the area. As a result fencing has been installed through the length of the river, water tanks and troughs installed and establishment of new grazing yards.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of MinilyaRiver". 2010. http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=211612&cmd=sp&place=Minilya%20River&file=Minilya%5FRiver%2Ehtm. Retrieved 2010-06-06. 
  2. ^ "Department of Water – River Monitoring Stations - Minilya River". 2010. http://kumina.water.wa.gov.au/waterinformation/telem/705001/mtl.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-06. 
  3. ^ "Australian Natural Resources Atlas - Water Resources Overview". 2009. http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/water/overview/wa/basin-lyndonminilya-rivers.html. Retrieved 2010-06-10. 
  4. ^ "Landgate river histories". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names+-+M. 
  5. ^ "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal Tribal Database". 2010. http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db/detail.php?id_search=29. Retrieved 2010-06-06. 
  6. ^ "Rangelands - Case Study - Protection and Conservation of the Minilya/Lyndon River Basin". 2008. http://www.rangelandswa.com.au/files/7/files/Case_Study_LyndonMinilyaBasin.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-10. 

Coordinates: 23°47′15″S 114°4′40″E / 23.7875°S 114.07778°E / -23.7875; 114.07778



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