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The Cane River is a river in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise west of the Hamersley Range. The river flows in a north-westerly direction through the Cane River Conservation Park and over the Onslow Coastal Plain then discharges into the Indian Ocean near Yardie Landing approximately north-east of Onslow. The river is considered to be dendritic with no major tributaries, numerous wells exist within the catchment area. The river has one large permanent pool, Jabaddar Pool which is located downstream from the North West Coastal Highway. The mouth of the river is a largely unmodified estuary that works as a function of tidal energy. The estuary covers a total area of that is mostly saltmarsh but with a small colony of mangroves.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Estuary Assessment Framework for Non-Pristine Estuaries - Estuary 661 -Cane River )〕 The river was named in 1866 by the explorer Harry Venn, the first European to discover the river, later was a member of the Forrest Ministry. He named the river after Charles Cane who was a member of Venn's expedition. The waters have an average salinity of 90 mg/L and turbidity of 335 NTU. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cane River (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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