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    The Ord River is a 651-kilometre long (405 mi) river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers 55,100 square kilometres...
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    water, conserved by the Ord River Diversion dam and the main Ord River Dam. The tropical agriculture crops grown in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA)...
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  • up Ord or ord in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ord or ORD may refer to: Ord of Caithness, landform in north-east Scotland Ord, Nebraska, USA Ord, Northumberland...
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    Lake Argyle (redirect from Ord River Dam)
    freshwater man-made reservoir by volume. The reservoir is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra...
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    of Halls Creek, the 240-metre-long (0.15 mi) Jarlalu Bridge over the Ord River was constructed to replace a single-lane floodway, and was opened in January...
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  • Ord River Hydro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station operated by Pacific Blue. It is located on the Ord River in Western Australia. It has four...
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    The Ord Irrigation Area Important Bird Area is an area of land used for irrigated agriculture along the Ord River in the vicinity of the town of Kununurra...
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    vary based on range; lizards west of the Ord River have red-coloured frills, those living between the river and the Carpentarian Gap have orange frills...
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  • snowfalls have undermined that security in the early 21st century. The Ord River Irrigation Scheme (ORIS) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia...
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    offshore islets. Rivers in the ecoregion include the Fitzroy, May, Drysdale, Durack, Ord, Victoria, Katherine, Flora and Daly. Rivers and streams often...
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    ecoregion, known as the Ord Victoria Plain, is drained by the upper Ord and Victoria rivers. The ecoregion encompasses the Ord Victoria Plain and Sturt...
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    The Ord River floodplain is the floodplain of the lower Ord River in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, in the Kimberley region of northern Western...
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  • Lake Argyle catfish, Lake Argyle silver cobbler, Midgley's catfish, Ord River catfish, shovel-nosed catfish, or shovelhead catfish, is a species of...
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    generally shallow soils, the only development has taken place along the Ord River. Snow is rare in the state and typically occurs only in the Stirling Range...
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  • Ord rivers and the King Leopold Ranges (now the Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges), and located well watered pastoral lands along the Fitzroy and Ord rivers....
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    Sir Harry St. George Ord GCMG CB (17 June 1819 – 20 August 1885) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Bermuda between 1861 and...
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    Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and...
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  • are a large group of islands in Lake Argyle, created by the Ord River Dam on the Ord River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. There are nearly...
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  • Nullagine YNUL NLL Nullagine Airport Onslow YOLW ONS Onslow Airport Ord River YORV ODR Ord River Airport Paraburdoo YPBO PBO Paraburdoo Airport Pardoo Station...
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    surrounded by the Durack, Pentecost and King rivers to the south, Forrest River to the west and Ord River to the north. Much of the land around Wyndham...
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    continues north-west crossing the Victoria Highway and discharging into the Ord River west of Kununurra. There are five tributaries of the Dunham; Cabbage Tree...
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  • Bow River is a 148-kilometre (92 mi) long tributary of the Ord River in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. The river was named by pastoralist...
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    freshwater man-made reservoir located in the Ord River valley. The lake was formed in 1963 by the construction of the Ord Diversion Dam in Kununurra, northern...
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  • artist. She was born on Old Texas Station, on the western bank of the Ord River in the East Kimberley. McKenzie's mother was Malngin and Gurundji and...
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  • volume The possible volume within the reservoir after it first opens. Many rivers are high in silt that over time deposits behind a dam reducing capacity...
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    Muir of Ord (Scottish Gaelic: Am Blàr Dubh) is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end...
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  • from Wiradjuri, meaning "big water" Ord River: named for Harry Ord, Governor of Western Australia 1877–1880 River Torrens: named for Colonel Robert Torrens...
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  • kilometres (232 sq mi) portion of floodplain country adjacent to the Ord River. It is capable of carrying 32,000 head of cattle. In 2014 the property...
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    (30,988,750 acres). The bioregion draws its name from the Ord River and the Victoria River. This is an area of large plains of dry grassland lying between...
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  • 2015. "MMA Air Beef Scheme". AussieAirliners. Retrieved 9 October 2015. "Ord river Irrigation Scheme". Lake Argyle. 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015. Jane...
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