The Angove River or Angove Creek is a river located in the Great Southern region of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

; most of the river is found within

Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due east ...

. The stream was seen in 1898 by surveyor William Angove, and was named after him in 1913 by another surveyor, B. W. Ridley. The river rises in swamps north of the water supply reserve then enter the reserve, where a pipehead dam is located to provide potable water to Albany. It then flows through a gauging weir then enters

. It continues through a channel that is on private land and was constructed to drain nearby farm land. The river eventually discharges into

Angove Lake Angove Lake is a permanent fresh water lake in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, within the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. Description The lake is part of the Moates Lake System, along with Moates Lake and Lake Gardner. All ...

. The water is of excellent quality and is considered as fresh,

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. only 5% of the catchment area had been cleared, mostly in the very upper reaches and around the lake. The catchment area is one of the few areas of Albany Blackbutt Woodland left in Australia and is considered to be an important biological link between

Two Peoples Bay Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due east a ...

and

Mount Manypeaks Mount Manypeaks is a distinctive mountain, peak located approximately north-east of Albany, Western Australia, Albany, north-east of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Two Peoples Bay and south-east of the town of Manypeaks, Western Australia, ...

. The river is used to supply water to the town of Albany, which is located west of the river. As of 2004 a total of of water was being taken from the river every year.

Fish ladder A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as mov ...

s have been installed in the river in an effort to minimise disruption to

fish migration Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousa ...

patterns.

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