Sabina River
Location
CountryAustralia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWhicher Range
 • elevation76 metres (249 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Vasse Estuary
 • elevation
sea level
Length18 kilometres (11 mi)
Basin size49 square kilometres (19 sq mi)[2]

The Sabina River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range near the edge of the Millbrook State Forest and then flowing in the northerly direction. The river crosses the Vasse Highway then Sues Road and finally Bussell Highway before discharging into Vasse Estuary near Busselton and finally into the Indian Ocean via Wonnerup Inlet and Geographe Bay.

Construction of a bridge over the Abba and Sabina rivers commenced in 1860, despite dreadful weather, and the rivers running high at the time.[3] The Abba and Sabina rivers were part of drainage systems being worked on in the early 1900s.[4] In the 2000s further management plans were being worked upon for the two rivers as part of the Geographe catchment.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Sabina River". 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Water Corporation - Catchment Characteristics". 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Local and Domestic Intelligence". The Inquirer & Commercial News. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Abba and Sabina River Drainage Scheme". The South-western News. Vol. X, no. 482. Western Australia. 21 March 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Hanran-Smith, Genevieve; Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission; Natural Heritage Trust (Australia); Geographe Catchment Council; Vasse-Wonnerup Land Conservation District Committee (2002), River action plan for the Sabina, Abba and Ludlow Rivers, Natural Heritage Trust : Water and Rivers Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-7592-2

33°38′39″S 115°24′0″E / 33.64417°S 115.40000°E / -33.64417; 115.40000


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