Barker River
The 883rd longest river in the world
The Barker River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise north of Mount Matthew and then flow in a southerly direction through Barker Gorge before discharging into the Lennard River, of which it is a tributary. John Forrest named the river during a survey of the Kimberley in 1883. The river was named after the wife of the Governor Sir Frederick Napier Broome, Lady Mary Anne Barker. The river has five tributaries: Fletcher River, Talbot Creek, Annie Creek, Mac Creek and Wombarella Creek.
Flows through: Australia.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.