Robe River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Hamersley Range near Marana Spring then flow in a north westerly direction past the Robe River-Deepdale mine, crossing the North West Coastal Highway near the Pannawonica turnoff then discharging into the Indian Ocean near Robe Point.
Robe river has two tributaries; Mungarathoona Creek and Kumina Creek.
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