‘Aboriginal’

Fitzroy River

  

Река Фицрой (Fitzroy River) Fitzroy (Fitzroy River) - River in the western part of the Kimberley region of the Australian state Western Australia.

  

  


The source of the River Fitzroy is in the mountains Dyurak, near Mount Wells. length of Fitzroy 733 км, and the basin area - about 93 829 км. The river flows ikmsouthwesterly direction,near Nunkanba she takes a course to the northwest and flows through the rocky terrain, gorges and valleys of the region Kimberly, then flows from the city of Derby in the King Bay, which is part of the Indian Ocean.

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