Cambridge Gulf is a gulf on the north coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Many rivers flow into the gulf, including the Ord River, Pentecost River, Durack River, King River and the Forrest River, making the environment an estuarine one.
The gulf experiences two large tidal flows each day between 7 and 9 metres (23 and 30 ft).[1]
The town of Wyndham, the area's principal port, lies on its eastern bank at the lower part of the gulf and is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) by road west-north-west of Kununurra.[2] Cambridge Gulf is a gulf within a gulf, being at the southern extremity of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, in the Timor Sea.
The entrance of the Gulf is defined by Cape Domett on the eastern shore, Lacrosse Island in the middle, and the Cape Dussejour on the western shore, with King Shoals and Medusa Banks out in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf beyond Lacrosse Island.
The conjunction between the gulf and the lower regions of the Ord River (the eastern arm), and the Durack and Pentecost Rivers (the western arm) are the main areas that have estuarine features.[3][4]
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- ^ Robson, Barbara J.; Gehrke, Peter C.; Burford, Michele A.; Webster, Ian T.; Revill, Andy T.; Palmer, Duncan W. (2013). "The Ord River Estuary: A Regulated Wet-Dry Tropical River System". Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond. Estuaries of the World. pp. 131–152. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7019-5_8. ISBN 978-94-007-7018-8.
- ^ Barbara J. Robson; Michele A. Burford; Peter C. Gehrke; Andrew T. Revill; Ian T. Webster; Duncan W. Palmer (June 2008). "Response of the Lower Ord River and Estuary to Changes in Flow and Sediment and Nutrient Loads". Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Report. CSIRO. ISSN 1835-095X.