Editing Avon Descent (section)

== Course ==
It is the only event in the world where both power craft and paddle craft race compete. The course has Grade 2–4{{clarify|date=May 2014}} white water rapids and is {{Convert|124|km}} long.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.avondescent.com.au/?page_id=28|title = About the Avon Descent|accessdate = 2014-08-09|publisher = Avon Descent|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140226181206/http://www.avondescent.com.au/?page_id=28|archive-date = 26 February 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

There also have been guides to canoeing the river - in general terms as to how to negotiate the river.<ref> in 1994 -{{Citation | author1=Bolland, Terry | author2=BOLLAND, Terry | title=Canoeing down under! : the basics and beyond and Avon River guide | date=1994 | publisher=T. Bolland | isbn=978-0-646-10075-3 }}</ref><ref> and another edition in 2001 {{Citation | author1=Bolland, Terry | title=Canoeing down under : the basics and beyond & Avon River guide | date=2001 | publisher=Terry Bolland | edition=Rev. | isbn=978-0-646-10075-3 }}</ref>
The region map of the Avon valley first published in 1987 included a section relating to the event.<ref>
{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Cartographic Services Branch | title=The Avon Valley | publication-date=1990 | publisher=Cartographic Services Branch, Department of Land Administration | edition=1st | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192048725 | access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref>