The Richenda River is a river in the

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

region of

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. The headwaters of the river rise in the

Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges The Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges (between 1879 and 2020 known as the King Leopold Ranges) are a range of hills in the western Kimberley region of Western Australia. There are two conservation parks within the ranges, the Wunaamin Conservation P ...

near Mount Broome and flow in a southerly direction. The river then flows through Richenda gorge and turns west, flowing through

Tunnel Creek National Park Tunnel Creek National Park is a national park in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia, northeast of Perth and east of Broome, Western Australia, Broome. The natural cave through which Tunnel Creek flows is a ...

and continuing westward until discharging into the

Lennard River Lennard River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river was named on 8 June 1879 by the explorer Alexander Forrest, during an expedition in the Kimberley area, after Amy Eliza Barrett-Lennard (1852-1897), who he was to m ...

to the east of

Windjana Gorge Windjana Gorge, also known as Bandiln͟gan, is a gorge in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located within the Windjana Gorge National Park. The gorge was formed by the Lennard River having eroded away a section of the Napier Ra ...

. The only tributary to the Richenda river is Dyson Creek. The

traditional owners Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...

of the area that the river flows through are the

Bunuba The ''Bunuba'' (also known as Bunaba, Punapa, Punuba) are a group of Indigenous Australians and are one of the traditional owners of the southern West Kimberley, in Western Australia. Many now live in and around the town of Fitzroy Crossing. ...

people.

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Rivers of the Kimberley region of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-river-stub