Bow River (Kimberley region, Western Australia)

Bow River (Kimberley region, Western Australia)

Infobox_River
river_name = Bow River
origin = Kimberley region
mouth = Confluence with the Ord River
basin_countries = Australia
length = 148 kilometres
elevation =
discharge =
watershed =

Bow River is a 148 km long tributary of the Ord River in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. The river was named by pastoralist Michael Durack in 1882 after a river in his homeland of County Galway, Ireland. [ [http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names+-+B Landgate river histories] ]

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