Hay River (Western Australia)

Hay River (Western Australia)

Infobox_River
river_name = Hay River



image_size =
caption = Hay River flowing into Wilson Inlet
origin = West of Mount Barker
mouth = Wilson Inlet
basin_countries = Australia
length = convert|80|km|mi|0 [cite web|url=http://www.rivercare.scric.org/infodata/denmarkc/hayr/hay.html|title=South Coast River Care - Hay River|year=2007|accessdate=2007-09-28]
elevation =
mouth_elevation = sea level
discharge = 69400 ML/yr
watershed = convert|129800|ha|acre|0|lk=on

The Hay River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The river is part of the Denmark catchment along with the Denmark River (West of the Hay River) and the Sleeman-Cuppup River (to the east of the Hay River). [cite web|url=http://www.rivercare.scric.org/infodata/denmarkc/denmarkc.html|title=South Coast River Care - Denmark Catchment|year=2007|accessdate=2007-09-28] The river flows in a South South West direction from its origin until is discharges into the Wilson Inlet. [LandInfo WA|r|H|2008-08-04]

The tidal influence is convert|5|km|mi|0 upstream from where the river flows into the inlet.The Hay river flows all year and the water quality is marginally saline to brackish. It is estimated that 70% of the catchment area has been cleared for agricultural purposes but 42% of the riparian zone was pristine.

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