Robe River | |
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Origin | Hamersley Range |
Mouth | Indian Ocean |
Basin countries | Australia |
Length | 276 kilometres (171 mi) |
Source elevation | 477 metres (1,565 ft)[1] |
Mouth elevation | sea level |
Basin area | 3,350 square kilometres (1,293 sq mi)[2] |
Robe River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Hamersley Range near Marana Spring then flow in a north westerly direction past the Robe River-Deepdale mine, crossing the North West Coastal Highway near the Pannawonica turnoff then discharging into the Indian Ocean near Robe Point.
Robe river has two tributaries; Mungarathoona Creek and Kumina Creek.