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Revision as of 10:55, 24 July 2015
| Hann River | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | confluence with Fitzroy River |
• elevation | 251 metres (823 ft) |
| Length | 224 kilometres (139 mi) [1] |
The Hann River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Ola peoples.[4]
It was named after the first European to discover the river, Frank Hann, who had seen it during his expedition to the region in 1898 and named it the Phillips River. It was renamed in 1900 by the Surveyor General H F Johnston to honour Hann; a Philips River already existed in the south of the state.
The river rises below Mount Lacy and Sir John Gorge and then flows in a southerly direction past Mount Elizabeth then crossing the Gibb River Road. The river then cuts through the Barnett Range and then passes through the Phillips Range via Moll Gorge and flows through the Barnett Range until it flows into the Fitzroy River, of which it is a tributary, near Pinnamutta-Murrawong Hill.
The Hann has 12 tributaries including Traine River, Barnett River, Harris Creek, Bella Creek, Macnamara Creek, Crocodile Creek and Grey Mare Creek.
The river has the only known specimens of the grass-like Whiteochloa sp. Hann River, a threatened species of Poaceae, located along its course.[5]
Fish such as the Western rainbowfish, the Kimberley archerfish, Greenway's grunter and the False spotted gudgeon have all been found within the river system.[6]
References
- ^ "History of river names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Hann River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Department of Water - Hann River - Phillips Range". 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Ausanthrop - Australian Aboriginal tribal database". 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Florabase -Whiteochloa Distribution". 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "National River Trust - Inland fish fauna of the Fitzroy river" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
16°48′10″S 126°7′42″E / 16.80278°S 126.12833°E
Rivers of Western Australia | |
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields–Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
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