Bow River is a 148 km long tributary of the Ord River in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia

Western Australia

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. The river was named by pastoralist Michael Durack

Michael Durack

Michael Patrick Durack, was a pastoralist, and Western Australian pioneer. He was the son of Patrick Durack and Mary Costello, both Irish-Australians....

 in 1882 after a river in his homeland of County Galway

County Galway

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, Ireland

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The river flows into Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle is Australia's second largest artificial lake by volume. It is part of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme and is located near the East Kimberley town of Kununurra...

 on its way to join the Ord River.

There are 12 tributaries

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

of the Bow river including Wilson River, Turkey Creek, Limestone Creek and spring Creek.