The estuaries of Western Australia (also known as the Inlets of Western Australia)[1] are located along the coastline of Western Australia.
The coastline can be considered in three main sections: south,[2][3] west, and Kimberley. Some estuarine features carry through all three regions.[4]
Wetlands and estuaries of the south west region have very similar ecologies and occurrences of biota.[5][6]
South
editThe estuary/inlet names do not necessarily relate to the names of the rivers that flow into them.
(This list is along the coast from the east near Esperance to the west near Cape Leeuwin.)
- Barker
- Stokes Inlet
- Torradup
- Oldfield Estuary
- Jerdacuttup
- Culham Inlet
- Hamersley
- Dempster
- Fitzgerald
- St Marys
- Gordon Inlet
- Wellstead Estuary
- Beaufort Inlet
- Cheyne
- Waychinicup
- Normans
- Taylor Inlet
- Oyster Harbour
- Torbay Inlet
- Wilson Inlet
- Parry
- Irwin Inlet
- Nornalup Inlet
- Broke Inlet
- Gardner
- Warren
- Donnelly
- Hardy Inlet
West
editKimberley
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ The distinction between the two is that inlets do not necessarily have rivers entering into them, whereas estuaries do for the condition of their names, but inlets can have contributory rivers or other associated water bodies.
- ^ Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research; National Trust of Australia (W.A.); University of Western Australia Press; Brearley, Anne; Hodgkin, Ernest (2005), Ernest Hodgkin's Swanland : estuaries and coastal lagoons of South-western Australia, University of Western Australia Press for the Ernest Hodgkin Trust for Estuary Education and Research and National Trust of Australia (WA), ISBN 978-1-920694-38-8
- ^ Forbes, Vanessa Ruth; University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biology (2004), The role of benthic vegetation in the ecology of south coast estuaries in Western Australia, retrieved 11 September 2016
- ^ Hodgkin, E. P. (Ernest Pease); Majer, Karen; CSIRO. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography (1978), An index to ecological information on estuaries and marine embayments in Western Australia (2nd rev. ed.), CSIRO, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, ISBN 978-0-643-02018-4
- ^ Chambers, Jane; Chambers, J. M; Western Australia. Department of Environment; Murdoch University. Environmental Science; Swan River Trust (W.A.); Western Australia. Water Corporation (2005), Scum book : a guide to common algae and aquatic plants in wetlands and estuaries of south-western Australia, Department of Environment ; Murdoch, W.A. : Murdoch University, ISBN 978-1-920947-68-2
- ^ Davis, Gregory Bruce; Western Australia. Waterways Commission; Davis, Greg (1988), The biology of the blue manna crab - (Portunus pelagicus) - in estuaries of Southwest Western Australia, Waterways Commission, retrieved 11 September 2016