What is Margaret River?
{{Infobox river | name = Margaret River | image = Cane brake pool gnangarra 03.JPG | image_caption = Cane brake pool at the head of the river | source1_location = | mouth_location = [[Indian Ocean]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Australia]] | length = {{convert|60|km|mi}} | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = {{convert|40|km2|mi2}} }} [[File:Margaret River Map.png|thumb|300px|Location of Margaret River]] [[File:Margaret River Western Australia SMC 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The estuary]] The '''Margaret River''' is a river in [[southwest Australia|southwest]] [[Western Australia]]. It is the source of the name of the town and [[Tourism|tourist region]] of [[Margaret River, Western Australia|Margaret River]]. The river arises from an area of just 40 square kilometres in the [[Whicher Range]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Dept. of Environment | author2=Western Australia. Whicher Water Resource Management Committee | title=The way forward for water resource management in the Whicher region | publication-date=2004 | publisher=The Dept | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32881005 | access-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Margaret River Catchment Management Plan Working Group | author2=Water Authority of Western Australia | title=Margaret River and Ten Mile Brook catchment management plan 1993-1998 | publication-date=1993 | publisher=Water Authority of Western Australia | isbn=978-0-7309-5263-3 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Hanran-Smith, Genevieve | author2=Milton, Kristin | author3=Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission | author4=Natural Heritage Trust (Australia) | author5=Geographe Catchment Council | author6=Cape to Cape Catchments Group | author7=Cape to Cape Catchments Group (W.A.) | title=Margaret River action plan : 2003 | publication-date=2003 | publisher=Water and Rivers Commission | isbn=978-1-920687-40-3 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Austr