Kent River

The Kent River is a river in the Great Southern of Western Australia.

Kent River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tenterden
• elevation	295 metres (968 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Irwin Inlet
• elevation	sea level
Length	140 kilometres (87 mi)[2]

The headwaters of the river rise near Tenterden. The river flows in a south-westerly direction, crosses the Muirs Highway east of Rocky Gully, flows through Mount Roe-Mount Lindesay National Park, crosses the South Coast Highway near Kenton, flows through the Owingup Nature Reserve swampland and finally discharges into the eastern side of Irwin Inlet.

There are two tributaries to the Kent; Styx River and Nile Creek.

The river was named in 1829 by Thomas Wilson who was the first European to explore the river. He named it after a member of his exploration party John Kent, of the 39th Regiment, Assistant Commissary General at the King George Sound garrison.[3]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Kent River". 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – K". Retrieved 7 September 2011.
3. Sherriff, George (26 January 1950). "The History of Denmark - Its Exploration and Early Development". Albany Advertiser. p. 8. Retrieved 4 December 2013.