| Munglinup River | |||||||||||||||
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| Subdivision Type1: | Country | ||||||||||||||
| Length: | 41km (25miles) | ||||||||||||||
| Source1 Elevation: | 185m (607feet)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Basin Size: | 32300ha[2] | ||||||||||||||
The Munglinup River is an ephemeral river in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise near Cheadanup Nature Reserve. It flows in a southerly direction through cleared farmland, then crossing the South Coast Highway near the town of Munglinup before discharging into the Oldfield River, of which it is a tributary, approximately 8km (05miles) from the coast. For most of the length of the river it is within a vegetated corridor; the surrounding land is mostly cleared for stock with only about 15% remnant vegetation remaining. The river only flows in the winter months and the water is naturally saline or brackish.[3]
The only tributary to the river is Clayhole Creek.
The word Munglinup is Aboriginal in origin, and of unknown meaning. The name was first recorded by C.D. Price, a surveyor in 1875. The Dempster brothers first used the name for their sheep station in 1860.