Gairdner River

Infobox_River
river_name = Gairdner River

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caption = Gairdner River near West Mount Barren
origin = Lake Magenta
mouth = Gordon Inlet
basin_countries = Australia
length = convert|130|km|mi|0|lk=on
elevation =
discharge = 940,000 ML/year [cite web|url=http://www.rivercare.scric.org/infodata/gairdnerc/gairdnerr/gairdner.html|title=South Coast Rivercare - Gairdner|year=2007|accessdate=2007-06-17]
watershed = convert|1770|km2|mi2|0|lk=on

Gairdner River is a river located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. There is another Gairdner river in Western Australia, located in the Kimberley region.

The river originates at Lake Magenta on the Yilgarn plateau about convert|300|m|ft|0|lk=on sea level, then flows in a South Easterly direction through the Fitzgerald River National Park until it terminates in the Gordon Inlet.

About 60% of the catchment has been cleared for pastoral and grazing land and as a result the water quality has become saline. Salinity levels vary from 3‰ after rains when the river is flowing to 50‰ during the summer time.

The river was named after Gordon Gairdner of the colonial office by John Septimus Roe in 1848 [cite web|url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+river+names+-+G|title=Landgate - History of River names|year=2007|accessdate=2007-06-17]

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