Gibb River - WA

  Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -15.665718 126.63514
DMS: 15º 39' 56.59" S 126º 38' 6.5" E
UTM: 52 L 8266627mN 246502mE
Altitude: 346.79m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

576.08kms SouthWest of Darwin

Address & Contact

Gibb River
Gibb WA
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibb_River

Information

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.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Doongan at 19/09:00am WST
Distance from Gibb River 47.03km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
28.3°C26.8°C75%23.4°C1007.7hPa1.0mmW37km/hr
20knots
km/hr
knots

Closest Climatic Station

Doongan
Distance from Gibb River 47.03km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C33.232.633.133.131.129.029.731.535.336.936.634.5
Mean Min. °C22.822.621.919.014.611.310.812.317.621.322.923.1
Mean Rain mm299.9243.8207.147.715.55.40.41.05.433.7115.1222.7

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