Minilya River
The headwaters of the river rise in the south-west of the Black Range and flows in a generally westerly direction, joined by three minor tributaries: Minilya River South, Bee Well Creek and Naughton Creek.The river is crossed by the North West Coastal Highway near the Minilya Roadhouse and then later discharges into Lake MacLeod.The area is semi-arid with a landscape of woodland and scrub used for sheep and cattle grazing.[6] The soils throughout the river basin are eroded and the regional ecology is degraded as a result of cattle grazing from the numerous pastoral stations found through the area.[8] More flooding occurred 1918 when Minilya Station recorded 7.58 inches (193Â mm) in just over two months isolating the homestead.