The Ward 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
Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise on the
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupació ...
approximately from the west coast and flows south through uninhabited country along the coastal plain and eventually discharges into Archer Bay, along with the
Archer
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and
Watson River, just north of
Aurukun
Aurukun is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Aurukun and the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is an Indigenous community. In the , the locality of Aurukun had a population of 1,269 people.
Geography
Aurukun is ...
and then onto the
Gulf of Carpentaria. Four
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 ...
contribute to the Ward; Coconut Creek, Tappelbang Creek, Sandy Creek and Possum Creek.
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The river is located within the Watson River catchment and in 2009 the river was considered for nomination as a ]wild river
A wild river (United States, Australia, & New Zealand) or heritage river (Canada) is a :river or a river system designated by a government to be protected and kept "relatively untouched by development and are therefore in near natural conditi ...
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See also
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References
Rivers of Far North Queensland
Gulf of Carpentaria
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