page_title: Ord River
hierarchical_section_title: Ord River
caption_attribution_description: English: Ord River sandalwood plantation near Kununurra, Kimberley/Australia Deutsch: Sandelholzplantagen am Ord River bei Kununurra, Kimberley/Australien
context_page_description: The Ord River is a 650-kilometre long river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers 55,100 square kilometres.
  The lower Ord river and the conjunction with Cambridge Gulf create the most northern estuarine environment in Western Australia.
  The Ord River Irrigation Scheme was built in stages during the 20th century. Australia's largest artificial lake by volume, Lake Argyle was completed in 1972. It has not been economically successful; $1.45 billion has been spent on the Ord Irrigation Scheme for a return of 17 cents on the dollar, and only 260 jobs created.
  The lower reaches of the river support an important wetland area known as the Ord River Floodplain, a protected area which contains numerous mangrove forests, lagoons, creeks, flats and extensive floodplains.
  The traditional owners are the Miriwoong Gajerrong peoples who have inhabited the area for thousands of years and knew the Ord river as Goonoonoorrang.
context_section_description: The Ord River is a 650-kilometre (400 mi) long river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers 55,100 square kilometres (21,274 sq mi).
  The lower Ord river and the conjunction with Cambridge Gulf create the most northern estuarine environment in Western Australia.
  The Ord River Irrigation Scheme was built in stages during the 20th century. Australia's largest artificial lake by volume, Lake Argyle was completed in 1972. It has not been economically successful; $1.45 billion has been spent on the Ord Irrigation Scheme for a return of 17 cents on the dollar, and only 260 jobs created.
  The lower reaches of the river support an important wetland area known as the Ord River Floodplain, a protected area which contains numerous mangrove forests, lagoons, creeks, flats and extensive floodplains.
  The traditional owners are the Miriwoong Gajerrong peoples who have inhabited the area for thousands of years and knew the Ord river as Goonoonoorrang.
caption: Ord River sandalwood plantation near Kununurra
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