The Esk 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
Wet Tropics of
Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises below Dowlings Hill, sourced by runoff from the
Great Dividing Range, and flows north across the mostly uninhabited coastal plain. The Esk River enters the Annan Forest Reserve and flows through a
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...
dominated by
mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...
s. At its
river mouth, the Esk River is joined by the
Annan River
The Annan River ( Kuku Nyungkal: ''Yuku Baja'') is a river located in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the Yorkey Range below Mount Romeo near , north-northwest of . The river flows g ...
and together the two rivers discharge into Walker Bar and then onto the
Coral Sea approximately south of . The river descends over its
course.
[
Much of the Esk River catchment lies within protected area tenure. the river appeared to be in a healthy condition with limited siltation and only infrequent pockets of erosion.
Floods in 1910 recorded the Esk River as over the normal river height.]
See also
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References
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{{Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of Far North Queensland
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Bodies of water of the Coral Sea