| Capel River | |
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Brige over the Capel River at Capel |
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| Origin | Junction of Capel River North and Capel River South |
| Mouth | Geographe Bay |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Length | 32 kilometres (20 mi) [1] |
| Source elevation | 76 metres (249 ft)[2] |
| Mouth elevation | sea level |
| Basin area | 653 square kilometres (252 sq mi)[3] |
The Capel River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.
The Capel River is the largest in the Geographe catchment and begins at the junction of Capel River North and Capel River South. Rising at the edge of the Darling Scarp near Goodwood and flows in a North Westerly direction and parallel with Goodwood across the northern part of the Blackwood plateau and the Swan Coastal plain.
The river crosses the Bussell Highway near Capel.
An artificial river mouth was cut through the sand dunes adjacent to the Stirling Wetlands in 1880 to allow it to flow directly into Geographe Bay. [4]
The Capel river has 6 tributaries in all; Capel River North, Capel River South, Gynudup Brook, Camp Gully, Layman Gully and Maidenhair Gully.
The inaugural 2009 Ranger Outdoors CAPEL DESCENT [5] was held on Sunday 21st of June, 2009 which consisted of a 15km part down river, part open ocean paddle along the Capel River and Geographe Bay.