The Yappar River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
located in the
Gulf Country region of
Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises below the
Gregory Range
The Gregory Range is a mountain range located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Location and features
Part of the Great Dividing Range, the Gregory Range lies southeast of and southwest of .
The range is located in an area of ephemeral water ...
near
Esmeralda in an area of
ephemeral
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watercourses and stony sandstone ridges lightly vegetated with
Eucalyptus miniata,
acacia and
spinifex on the ridge tops. Further down from the ridges areas of
paperbark
''Melaleuca'' () is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of ''Leptospermum''). They range in size f ...
are found.
The river flows generally in a north-westerly direction through
Esmeralda Station, floodplain and savannah county, almost parallel with the
Clara River
The Clara River is a river located in the Gulf Country of northwest Queensland, Australia.
The river rises in the Gregory Range near Bellfield and flows in a westerly direction, traversing tropical savanna plains and eventually discharging in ...
, through the channel country until it reaches Yappar Station where it reaches its
confluence with the
Norman River
The Norman River is a river in the Gulf Country, Queensland, Australia. The river originates in the Gregory Range 200 km southeast of Croydon and flows 420 km northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is joined by three major tributari ...
at the western boundary of Claraville. The Yappar has seven minor
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
from source to
mouth and descends over its
course.
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See also
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References
Rivers of Far North Queensland
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