Frome River

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| name = Frome

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| name_etymology = Captain Edward Frome

| image = Lake eyre basin map.png

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| image_caption = Map of the Lake Eyre Basin

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| pushpin_map = Australia South Australia

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the river mouth in South Australia

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = South Australia

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| length = {{convert|245|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Flinders Ranges

| source1_location = near Mount Rose

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| mouth = Lake Eyre

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| river_system = Lake Eyre Basin

| basin_size = {{convert|18200|km2|abbr=on}}

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| extra = {{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=211076&cmd=sp |title=Map of Frome River, SA |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |year= |accessdate=23 March 2017}}{{Citation | author1=Morton, S. R | author2=Barker, R. D. (Robin Dale), 1940- | author3=Doherty, M. D | author4=CSIRO. Division of Wildlife and Ecology | author5=Australia. World Heritage Unit | title=Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment | publication-date=1995 | publisher=CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology | url= http://www.lakeeyrebasin.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/resources/587fdbe9-9dfd-41bb-8690-b360099f3c31/files/leb-world-heritage-values-1995.pdf| accessdate=26 September 2016|page= 44 |archive-date=16 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180316235147/http://www.lakeeyrebasin.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/resources/587fdbe9-9dfd-41bb-8690-b360099f3c31/files/leb-world-heritage-values-1995.pdf}}

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The Frome River is an ephemeral river in the Australian state of South Australia located within the Lake Eyre basin. Its source is near Mount Rose in the northern Flinders Ranges and it discharges into the south-eastern side of the northern part of Lake Eyre.

The river was named by the British explorer, Edward John Eyre on 27 August 1840 after Captain Edward Frome who was the Surveyor General of South Australia at the time.{{cite web |title=Search result for " Frome River (Stream) (Record no. SA0000030) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=26 September 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}