Yalgar River

{{Short description|River in Western Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Yalgar River

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| source1_location = Glengarry Range

| mouth_location = Murchison River

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Australia

| length = {{convert|185|km|mi|0}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|609|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|391|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| tributaries_left = Glengarry Creek, Hope River

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The Yalgar River is a 185-kilometre-long tributary of the Murchison River, located in the Shire of Meekatharra in central Western Australia. It rises in the Glengarry Range 25 km southeast of Mooloogool Station homestead, about 80 kilometres northeast of Meekatharra, flowing 145 kilometres westward (crossing the Great Northern Highway at Karralundi) to a junction with the Hope River. From there it flows north-northwesterly for about 40 kilometres, emptying into the upper reaches of the Murchison River, near Moorarie Station homestead on the Carnarvon-Meekatharra Road.{{cite web|last1=Hennig|first1=P|last2=Curry|first2=PJ|last3=Blood|first3=DA|last4=Leighton|first4=KA|title=An inventory and condition survey of the Murchison River catchment, Western Australia|url=http://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/tech_bull/4/|website=Research Library|publisher=Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia|access-date=15 December 2015|location=Perth, WA|format=pdf|date=1994}}{{cite web|title=Meekatharra 1:1,000,000 Topographic Map|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/corporate_data/74173/SG50_Meekatharra.pdf|publisher=Geoscience Australia|access-date=16 December 2015|location=Canberra, ACT|format=pdf|date=2012}}

Originally called Ord Creek, the river was named after Yalgar Pool on the Hope River, a watering point on the Cue-Ashburton Stock Route.{{cite news|title=Cue-Ashburton Stock Route|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80185137|access-date=15 December 2015|work=The Daily News|date=29 September 1911|location=Perth, WA|page=2}}{{cite news|title=Murchison Sheep Station - No Bids at Auction.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31874558|access-date=15 December 2015|work=The West Australian|date=15 August 1925|location=Perth, WA|page=8}}