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River in South Australia, Australia

Frome
Map of the Lake Eyre Basin
Location of the river mouth in South Australia
Etymology	Captain Edward Frome
Location
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Physical characteristics

Source	Flinders Ranges
• location	near Mount Rose

Mouth	Lake Eyre
• coordinates	29°5′6″S 137°54′14″E / 29.08500°S 137.90389°E / -29.08500; 137.90389
Length	245 km (152 mi)
Basin size	18,200 km (7,000 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Lake Eyre Basin

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.

References

"Map of Frome River, SA". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^ Morton, S. R; Barker, R. D. (Robin Dale), 1940-; Doherty, M. D; CSIRO. Division of Wildlife and Ecology; Australia. World Heritage Unit (1995), Natural heritage values of the Lake Eyre Basin in South Australia : world heritage assessment (PDF), CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, p. 44, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018, retrieved 26 September 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Search result for " Frome River (Stream) (Record no. SA0000030) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

v t e Rivers of South Australia
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Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin	Angas Bremer Burra Currency Finniss Marne Murray
Rivers of the Lake Eyre basin	Alberga Cooper Diamantina Finke Frome Neales Strzelecki Warburton Eyre Kallakoopah Officer Macumba
Rivers of Kangaroo Island	Cygnet De Mole Eleanor Harriet Middle Rocky Stun Sail Boom Willson
Rivers flowing into Lake Torrens	Willochra Creek Calabrinda Creek Kanyaka Creek Wirreanda Creek

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