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Impey River

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Length
  
24 km

Source
  
Mount Murchison

Country
  
Australia

Main source
  
South of Mount Murchison317 metres (1,040 ft)

River mouth
  
Minnawarra Crossing Murchison River290 metres (951 ft)

The Impey River is a river in the Mid West of Western Australia which rises south of Mount Murchison and flows east-north-east until it merges with the Murchison River of which it is a tributary.

Map of Impey River, Murchison WA, Australia

The first European to discover the river was surveyor Robert Austin during an expedition in 1857. In 1858 the river was named by explorer Francis Gregory after the prominent geologist, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison.

References

Impey River Wikipedia