The Nullagine River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the Pilbara of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The headwaters of the river rise South of Bonney Downs and then flow in a northerly direction. The river crosses the Marble Bar

Marble Bar, Western Australia

-North Pole:An ironically named locality nearby is known as North Pole , no doubt for its heat. It is the location of rock formations considered to have evidence that puts the origin of life on earth back to 3,400–3,500 mya, due to stromatolites in particular rock sequences...

 road at Nullagine

Nullagine, Western Australia

Nullagine is an old goldrush town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It is located on the Nullagine River 296 km south-east of Port Hedland and 1,364 km north-north-east of Perth on the old Great Northern Highway....

 and continues to flow in a north easterly direction until it merges with the Oakover River

Oakover River

The Oakover River is a river in the Pilbara of Western Australia.The headwaters of the river rise North of the Wadara Range and West of the Saltbush range near Junction Well then flows in a northerly direction...

 to form the De Grey River

De Grey River

The De Grey River is a river located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises South of Callawa at the confluence of the Oakover and the Nullagine rivers and flows in a west north westerly direction eventually discharging into the Indian Ocean via Breaker Inlet about 80 km North...

. The river is bounded by the Chichester Range in the South.

The river flows through several permanent pools on its journey including; Garden Pool, Rock Pool, Tumbinna Pool and Cordooin Pool.

The river periodically flood

Flood

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s during the wet season

Wet season

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 and can cut roads in the area as a result.

The Nullagine river has 19 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...

 including; Beaton Creek, Bookabunna Creek, Walgunya Creek, Wild Dog Creek and Connabunna Creek.

The name of the river is an Indigenous Australian word that was first recorded as Ngullagine in the 1880s. The meaning of the word is not known..