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Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_River_(Western_Australia)
The George River is a river in the
Pilbara region of Western Australia. The river was named on 16 July 1861 by the surveyor and explorer Frank
Gregory, who was conducting an expedition in the area. It is not known after whom he named the river.The river rises in the Chichester Range and flows northerly through the
Millstream-Chichester National Park, cutting across the North West Coastal Highway before discharging into the Little
Sherlock River east of Roebourne.The George has three tributaries; The Little George River, Narrina Creek and Grant
Spring Creek. It also flows through several semi-permanent water holes including
Yanna Pool, white Spring
Pool and Terenar
Pool.The river is part of the
Port Hedland coastal drainage basin along with the Maitland, Harding,
Sherlock, Turner River and Yule River.