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Gibb River
Gibb WA
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Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibb_River
The Gibb River is a river in the
Kimberley region of northern Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise between the Caroline and Gibb Ranges. The river flows in a northerly direction until merging with the
Drysdale River, of which it is a tributary. Gibb River has three tributaries:
North Creek, Plain Creek and Russ Creek.
The Gibb River was named in 1901 by the surveyor Charles Crossland during an expedition in the
Kimberley area. It is named after geologist Andrew Gibb Maitland, who had accompanied Crossland and was present during the first recorded sighting of the river. In turn, it gives its name to the
Gibb River Road, a former cattle route that stretches almost 660 kilometres (410 mi) across the
Kimberley between the towns of
Derby and the
Kununurra and
Wyndham junction of the Great Northern Highway.
The traditional owners of the area that the river flows through are the Ngarinjin people.