Angelo River
| Angelo River | |
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| Basin countries | Australia |
| Length | 202 kilometres (126 mi) |
| Mouth elevation | 297 metres (974 ft) |
The Angelo River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The river rises in the hills to the western side of the Ophthalmia Range and flows in a southerly direction before veering east near Kundering Range and past the Angelo River Mine and Angelo River prospect, a Uranium deposit[1] then finally discharging into the Ashburton River of which it is a tributary.
The river has six tributaries including; Indabiddy Creek, Bukardi Creek and Kennedy Creek.
The river was named in 1887 by Robert McPhee, who was prospecting the area at the time. He named the river after Colonel Fox Angelo who was the government resident in Roebourne and later became the Superintendent of Rottnest Island.[2]
Indigenous Australians, the Ngarlawongga and Banjima peoples, have dreamtime songs involving the origin of the black river goanna which is believed to have been created in the river. Likewise the black-headed python is believed to have been created in Indabiddy creek.[3]
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Rivers of Western Australia
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields-Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions (and streams) |
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| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
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