Buayanyup River
| Buayanyup River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Whicher Range |
| • elevation | 60 metres (197 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Geographe Bay |
• elevation | sea level |
| Length | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Basin size | 163 km2 (63 sq mi)[2] |
The Buayanyup River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range and flow north crossing the Bussell Highway near Vasse before discharging into Geographe Bay near Abbey about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Busselton.[3] The river has three main tributaries of Dawson Gulley, Ironstone Gully and the other is not named. In total the river has a stream length of over 100 kilometres (62 mi).[4] The river and the Carbunup River have fishery resource issues in common.[5]
The river flows through agricultural land that is predominantly used for raising beef and dairy cattle and to a lesser degree plantation timber and viticulture. The area has been settled since 1834 when the Bussell family established a cattle station along the Vasse River. More farming families followed and now over 50% of the catchment is used for cattle farming.
The name of the river was first recorded by a surveyor in 1839 and is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Buayanyup River". 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Water Corporation - Catchment Characteristics". 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Garnett, Ron (2004), Buayanup Drain, Busselton, 20 January 2004, retrieved 22 July 2024
- ^ "Buayanyup River Action Plan" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Beatty, S; Morgan, D; Allen, M (2009), Freshwater fish and crayfish communities of the Carbunup and Buayanyup Rivers: conservation significance and management considerations, Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, retrieved 22 July 2024
- ^ "History of river names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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 | |
