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since the 1960s. In 2013, the Derby Tidal Power Project from Tidal Energy Australia was given environmental approval. The 40MW tidal power station is expected to cost $ 375 million to construct.
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lies near the mouth of the Fitzroy River on the eastern shore of King Sound. King Sound has the highest tides in Australia, and amongst the highest in the world, reaching a maximum
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The mean depth of King Sound of 18 metres. The mouth of King Sound features a channel that is 50 metres deep and 20 kilometres wide.
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of 11.8 metres (39 ft) at Derby. The tidal range and water dynamic were researched in 1997–1998.
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Open waters of the sound cover 2,325 km. Other rivers that discharge into the sound include the
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Waters within the sound are generally turbid. The turbidity is associated with the erosion of
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surveyed the coastline in 1821 and named the area Cygnet Bay. The area was later visited by
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Doctor’s Creek, in the south of King Sound, has been the site of various proposals for
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Buccaneer Archipelago and King Sound, Australia – north west coast, Western Australia
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In the 1880s it was one of the sites in the Kimberleys of a short-lived
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Water and fine sediment dynamics in King Sound, Western Australia
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King Sound is bordered by the island clusters of the
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Landsat
NASA World Wind
King Sound is located in Western Australia
16°50′S 123°25′E / 16.833°S 123.417°E / -16.833; 123.417
Type
sound
Indian Ocean
Fitzroy River
Lennard River
Meda River
Robinson River
May River
Catchment area

Derby

International Space Station
Western Australia
Fitzroy River
Derby
tidal range
tidal flats
Lennard River
Meda River
Robinson River
May River
Canning Basin
monsoonal
Buccaneer Archipelago

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