Hann River
| Hann River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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.
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 Pinnamutta-Murrawong Hill near Sir John Gorge and flows in a northerly direction through Moll Gorge then cuts through the Barnett Range crosses the Gibb River Road and then past Mount Elizabeth until it flows into the Fitzroy River of which it is a tributary.
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.[4]
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.[5]
16°48′10″S 126°7′42″E / 16.80278°S 126.12833°E
References
- ^ "History of river names – H". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Hann River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "Department of Water - Hann River - Phillips Range". 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "Florabase -Whiteochloa Distribution". 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ "National River Trust - Inland fish fauna of the Fitzroy river" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
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