The Pascoe 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 rise under Mount Yangee in the Table Range, part of the Great Dividing Range at the northern end of

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. The river initially flows south then west past the Sir William Thompson Range then veers north through the mostly uninhabited country. Flowing past Hamilton Hill the river then heads east past Wattle Hill and runs parallel with the Goddard Hills forming the northern border of Kutini-Payamu National Park. The river finally discharges into

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and onto the Coral Sea. From source to mouth, the Pascoe River is joined by eight

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 ...

including the Little Pascoe River; descending over its course. The river has a catchment area of of which an area of is composed of riverine wetlands. The

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of the area are the Kuuku Ya’u, Kaanju and Umpila people who maintain a strong spiritual connection to the land.

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{{Rivers of Queensland Rivers of Far North Queensland Bodies of water of the Coral Sea

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