The estuaries of Western Australia (also known as the Inlets of Western Australia)The distinction between the two is that inlets do not necessarily have rivers entering into them, whereas estuaries do for the condition of their names, but inlets can have contributory rivers or other associated water bodies. are located along the coastline of Western Australia.
The coastline can be considered in three main sections: south, west, and Kimberley. Some estuarine features carry through all three regions.
Wetlands and estuaries of the south west region have very similar ecologies and occurrences of biota.
South The estuary/inlet names do not necessarily relate to the names of the rivers that flow into them.
(This list is along the coast from the east near Esperance to the west near Cape Leeuwin.)
Barker Stokes Inlet Torradup Oldfield Estuary Jerdacuttup Culham Inlet Hamersley Dempster Fitzgerald St Marys Gordon Inlet Wellstead Estuary Beaufort Inlet Cheyne Waychinicup Normans Taylor Inlet Oyster Harbour Torbay Inlet Wilson Inlet Parry Irwin Inlet Nornalup Inlet Broke Inlet Gardner Warren Donnelly Hardy Inlet
West Harvey Estuary Peel Inlet
Kimberley Cambridge Gulf and Ord River
See also Estuaries of Australia
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