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Esk
Location of Esk River mouth in Queensland
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Far North Queensland, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Cape York Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	below Dowlings Hill
• coordinates	15°35′20″S 145°16′30″E / 15.58889°S 145.27500°E / -15.58889; 145.27500
• elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Mouth	Walker Bay, Coral Sea
• location	south of Cooktown
• coordinates	15°31′50″S 145°16′04″E / 15.53056°S 145.26778°E / -15.53056; 145.26778
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	20 km (12 mi)

The Esk River is a river 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 dominated by mangroves. At its mouth, the Esk River is joined by the Annan River and together discharge into Walker Bar and then onto the Coral Sea approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Cooktown. The river descends 356 metres (1,168 ft) over its 20-kilometre (12 mi) course.

Much of the Esk River catchment lies within protected area tenure. As of 2013 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 12 feet (3.7 m) over the normal river height.

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § Queensland

References

1. ^ "Map of Esk River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
2. McLean, J. A. (1994). "Notes on two mangroves of the Rhizophoraceae family at Cooktown, north Queensland". Wetlands (Australia). 13 (1). Retrieved 28 October 2015.
3. "Discover Cooktown - North Queensland". Marine News. 2002. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
4. "Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park Management Statement" (PDF). Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Queensland Government. 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "Queensland Flood Summary 1910 - 1919". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. November 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

• Howley, Christina; Brooks, Andrew; Olley, Jon; Carroll, Jason (March 2012). Annan and Endeavour River Freshwater and Estuarine Water Quality Report: An Assessment of Ambient Water Quality and Effects of Land Use: 2002 - 2009 (PDF). Cooktown, Queensland: Cape York Marine Advisory Group Incorporated. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

• Rivers of Far North Queensland
• Wet Tropics of Queensland
• Bodies of water of the Coral Sea