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Mardie WA 6714
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Web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortescue_River
The
Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the
Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state. The river rises near Deadman
Hill in the
Ophthalmia Range about 30 km south of
Newman. The river flows in a northerly direction parallel with the Great Northern Highway until it crosses the highway just south of the
Marble Bar turn-off. The river then runs north-west then west crossing the Great Northern Highway again, north of the
Auski Roadhouse. Approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of
Newman, the river flows through the 960 square kilometres (371 sq mi) Fortescue Marsh, an important wetland. The river continues to head west crossing Highway 1 at the Fortescue Roadhouse and discharges into the Indian Ocean at Mardie Station about 40 km south-west of
Dampier