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The Phillips River is an ephemeral river in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise on the sanplains below Mount Madden and flow in a southerly direction, crossing the South Coast Highway approximately West of Ravensthorpe then entering the Fitzgerald River National Park then veering eastward to follow a fault-line in the Quartzite rocks around the Eastern end of the Barren Range. The river finally discharges into Culham Inlet and, when the inlet is open to the ocean, into the Southern Ocean. The river has six tributaries including; West River, Jackilup Creek, Yarracarrup Creek and Kybalup Creek. The rivers catchment is 35% cleared, with the southern half lying within the boundaries of the Fitzgerald River National Park. The entire catchment lies within the Fitzgerald River Biosphere. The river only flows for a short time during the year, mostly during the winter months. The river water is naturally saline but varies from almost fresh to more saline then seawater. Named by John Septimus Roe, who was the first European to discover the river in 1848. The river is named after his son in law, Samuel Pole Phillips.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Dictionary of Biography - Phillips, Samuel Pole (1819 - 1901) )〕 ==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「Phillips River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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