Fortescue River

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The Fortescue River is one of Western Australia's longest rivers, flowing through the arid Pilbara region and supporting important ecological and mining areas before reaching the Indian Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fortescue River canonical 2
Fortescue River system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Millstream wetlands ⓘ
basinRegion Pilbara ⓘ
linked to: Pilbara region
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Francis Thomas Gregory ⓘ
drainageBasin Indian Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
emptiesInto Indian Ocean ⓘ
experiences seasonal flooding from cyclones ⓘ
flowsNear Millstream Chichester National Park ⓘ
Newman, Western Australia ⓘ
Tom Price ⓘ
flowsThrough Pilbara region ⓘ
hasBasinCountry Australia ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea over 50,000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid to arid ⓘ
hasEcosystemType arid riverine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFloodplain lower Fortescue River floodplain ⓘ
hasHydrologicalStatus ephemeral river ⓘ
hasMajorLandUse mining leases ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
hasNearbyIndustry iron ore mining ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus partly within national park ⓘ
hasTraditionalOwners Banyjima people ⓘ
linked to: Banjima people

Ngarluma people ⓘ
Yindjibarndi people ⓘ
hasTributary Hardey River ⓘ
Mindy Mindy Creek ⓘ
Turee Creek ⓘ
Weeli Wolli Creek ⓘ
hasVegetationType river red gum riparian woodland ⓘ
spinifex grasslands ⓘ
isImportantFor Aboriginal communities of the Pilbara ⓘ
isNorthOf Gascoyne River ⓘ
isOneOf longest rivers in Western Australia ⓘ
isSouthOf De Grey River ⓘ
length 760 km ⓘ
locatedIn Western Australia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Pilbara ⓘ
linked to: Pilbara region
mouthLocatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Fortescue family ⓘ
passesThrough Millstream Chichester National Park ⓘ
sourceLocation Hamersley Range ⓘ
sourceRegion Pilbara ⓘ
linked to: Pilbara region
state Western Australia ⓘ
supports ecological systems in arid Pilbara ⓘ
mining industry in Pilbara ⓘ
yearOfEuropeanDiscovery 1861 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilbara region → contains → Fortescue River ⓘ
Deep Reach Pool → partOf → Fortescue River system ⓘ
linked to: Fortescue River