Landor | |
River | |
Name origin: Perth barrister, E. W. Landor | |
Country | Australia |
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State | Western Australia |
Region | Gascoyne |
Part of | Gascoyne River catchment |
Tributaries | |
- left | Fleury Creek |
- right | Flinerty Creek |
Source | Mount Erong |
- elevation | 383 m (1,257 ft) |
- coordinates | 25°30′30″S 116°40′16″E / 25.50833°S 116.67111°E |
Mouth | confluence with the Gascoyne River |
- location | near Landor Station homestead |
- elevation | 346 m (1,135 ft) |
- coordinates | 25°13′31″S 116°38′29″E / 25.22528°S 116.64139°ECoordinates: 25°13′31″S 116°38′29″E / 25.22528°S 116.64139°E |
Length | 32 km (20 mi) |
The Landor River is a river in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the Landor rise north of Mount Erong and flows generally north, joined by two minor tributaries; Flinerty Creek and Fleury Creek. The river forms confluence with the Gascoyne River near the Landor Station homestead. The river descends 37 metres (121 ft) over its 32-kilometre (20 mi) course.
The first European to discover the river was the surveyor, Henry Carey in 1882. It is thought that he named the river after a prominent Perth barrister, E. W. Landor.