What is Fitzroy River (Western Australia)?
{{Infobox river | name = Fitzroy River | image = Fitzroy_River_at_Fitzroy_Crossing.JPG | image_caption = Fitzroy River, looking north from bridge at Fitzroy Crossing | source1_location = [[King Leopold Ranges]] | mouth_location = [[King Sound]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Australia | length = {{convert|733|km|mi|0}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|486|m|ft|0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&p=213186&st=&s=Fitzroy%20river|title=Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Fitzroy River, WA|year=2008|accessdate=26 November 2008|archive-date=21 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621214721/http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&p=213186&st=&s=Fitzroy%20river|url-status=dead}}</ref> | discharge1_avg = {{convert|84.78|m3/s|cuft/s}}<ref>For station at Dimond Gorge</ref> | basin_size = {{convert|93829|km2|sqmi|0}}<ref name=Atlas>{{cite web|url=http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/land/carbon/wa/basin-fitzroy-river-wa.html|title=Australian Natural Resources Atlas – Landscape – carbon, nutrients, water and productivity – Fitzroy River (WA)|year= 2008|accessdate= 26 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804074538/http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/land/carbon/wa/basin-fitzroy-river-wa.html|archivedate= 4 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> }} The '''Fitzroy River''' is in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|West Kimberley]] part of [[Western Australia]].<ref>http://www.freshwaterfishgroup.com/resources/Fishes%20of%20the%20Fitzroy%20River%20Murdoch%20University%20Ngarinyin%20names).pdf</ref> The Fitzroy flows into the [[Indian Ocean]]. The first European to visit the Fitzroy River was [[George Edward Grey|George Grey]] in 1837 aboard the [[H.M.S. Beagle]]. The [[river]] was given its [[Europe]]an name by Lieutenant J.L. Stokes in February 1838 after Captain [[Robert FitzRoy]]. [[File:A197, Geikie Gorge National Park, Western Australia, Fitzroy River, 2007.JPG|thumb|left|Fitzroy River flowing throug