The Waychinicup River is located in the Great Southern region of

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. The headwaters of the river are located near the town of Manypeaks along the

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, with an elevation of approximately above sea level and flows in a generally southerly direction through the

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Range then through the

Waychinicup National Park Waychinicup National Park is in Western Australia, southeast of Perth and east of Albany, Western Australia, Albany, along the coast of the Southern Ocean. Location and description The park is bordered by the Southern Ocean to the south, Moun ...

until it discharges into the

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. There is road access to the mouth of the river and it is located from

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. The coastal part of the river is an estuary that is long and less than deep, it is well flushed by tidal and swell action of the ocean.

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