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The Keep River is a river, located in the Victoria Bonaparte bioregion of Western Australia and the Northern Territory in Australia. ==Location and features== The river rises just south of the Newry Station homestead then flows in a northerly direction crossing the Victoria Highway and then flowing through the Keep River National Park and veering westward across the border into Western Australia then veering east back into the Northern Territory. It then continues north before discharging into the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and the Timor Sea. The river catchment occupies an area of and is wedged between the Ord River catchment to the west and the Victoria River catchment to the east.〔 〕 The river has a mean annual outflow of , Important wetlands are found in the lower reaches of the river with forming suitable habitat for waterfowl breeding colonies and roosting sites for migratory shorebirds. Large areas of rice-grass floodplain grasslands are also found along the river.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victoria BonaparteBioregional Description ) 〕 The estuary formed at the river mouth is in near pristine condition. The estuary occupies an area of of open water. It is tide dominated in nature with a tide dominated delta having multiple channels and is surrounded by an area of covered with mangroves.〔 〕 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「Keep River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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