Lyons River

River in Western Australia

24°26′42″S 117°35′55″E / 24.44500°S 117.59861°E / -24.44500; 117.59861 • elevation535 m (1,755 ft) Mouthconfluence with the Gascoyne River

• location

Jimba Jimba

• coordinates

25°2′31″S 115°4′37″E / 25.04194°S 115.07694°E / -25.04194; 115.07694

• elevation

137 m (449 ft)Length561 km (349 mi)Discharge • locationmouth • average460,600 m³/s (16,270,000 cu ft/s) Basin featuresRiver systemGascoyne River catchmentTributaries • leftCalbrajacka Creek, Onslow Creek, Edmund River, Frederick River • rightKoorabooka CreekNational parkKennedy Range National Park^[1]^[2]^[3]

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

The headwaters of the Lyons rise just west of the Teano Range and the river flows generally south-west, joined by 36 tributaries including the Edmund River, Frederick River, Onslow Creek, Gifford Creek, Koorabooka Creek and Ulura Creek. The Lyons reaches its confluence with the Gascoyne River near the township of Gascoyne Junction near the southern end of the Kennedy Range. The river descends 398 metres (1,306 ft) over its 561-kilometre (349 mi) course.^[2]

Several permanent pools of water exist along the river including Cattle Pool, Windarrie Pool and Bubbawonnara Pool.

The Lyons River is known as Mithering by the local Aboriginal Australians, the Malgaru. The first European to come upon the river was explorer Francis Gregory in 1858.^[4] He named the river after the naval hero Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "History of river names – E". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Map of Lyons River, WA". Bonzle Digital Atlas. 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "River Monitoring Stations - Lyons River". Department of Water. Government of Western Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
^ "Parkfinder - Kennedy Range National Park". Department of Environment and Conservation. Government of Western Australia. 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2010.