Young River (Western Australia)
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| Young River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 252 metres (827 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Stokes Inlet |
| Length | 95 kilometres (59 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,073 km2 (800 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 4,700 ML/a (0.15 m3/s; 5.3 cu ft/s) |
The Young River is a river on the south coast of Western Australia that rises south of the Frank Hann National Park then flows in a south easterly direction for a distance of 95 kilometres (59 mi) before flowing into Stokes Inlet, which discharges into the Southern Ocean.
It is also passes through the Stokes National Park.
The only two tributaries to the river are Cascade Creek and Yerritup Creek.
