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King River - WA

King River

View over King R. mudflats towards Wyndham

Low tide at Moochalabra Dam

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -15.55269393 128.11031196

DMS: 15º 33' 9.7" S 128º 06' 37.1" E

UTM: 52 L 8280344mN 404599mE

Altitude: 2.63m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

451.68kms SouthWest of Darwin

Address & Contact

Durack WA

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Information

The King River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia. The Indigenous Australian name for the river is Goolime and traditional owners of the areas around the river are the Ngarinjin, for the area around its headwaters. The headwaters of the river rise between the Durack Range and the Saw Range. It flows southwards before turning north and continuing until it discharges into the West Arm of the Cambridge Gulf just South of Wyndham. The river was named in 1884 during hydrographic surveys by Staff Commander James Coghlan after Captain Phillip Parker King who was the first European to chart the river mouth in 1818.

PlaceID	74057

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Wyndham Airport at 02/02:00am WST

Distance from King River 6.39km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.7°C	20.1°C	59%	12.4°C	1013.8hPa	0.0mm	E	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Wyndham Aero

Distance from King River 6.39km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	36.4	35.6	35.4	36.5	33.8	30.8	31.7	33.8	37.6	39.2	39.9	38.0
Mean Min. °C	26.2	25.8	25.5	23.4	18.9	15.2	15.1	16.1	21.8	24.8	26.6	26.7
Mean Rain mm	189.7	216.6	155.0	28.0	10.8	3.8	3.1	0.1	4.1	19.7	54.8	129.5