Yappar River

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Yappar
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Location of Yappar River mouth in Queensland
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland, Gulf Country
Physical characteristics
Source Gregory Range
  location Esmeralda
  coordinates 19°02′08″S143°02′43″E / 19.03556°S 143.04528°E / -19.03556; 143.04528
  elevation391 m (1,283 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Norman River
  location
Yappar Station
  coordinates
18°17′42″S141°13′10″E / 18.29500°S 141.21944°E / -18.29500; 141.21944
  elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Length340 km (210 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightEsmeralda Creek
[1]

The Yappar River is a river in the Gulf Country region of Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Course and features

The river rises below the Gregory Range near Esmeralda in an area of ephemeral 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 are found. [2] The river flows generally in a north-westerly direction through Esmeralda Station, floodplain and savannah county, almost parallel with the Clara River, through the channel country until it reaches Yappar Station where it reaches its confluence with the Norman River at the western boundary of Claraville. The Yappar has seven minor tributaries from source to mouth and descends 374 metres (1,227 ft) over its 340 kilometres (210 mi) course. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Map of Yappar River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. "19°S 143°E Gregory Range – Queensland by Degrees". Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.