Pascoe River

Pascoe
Location of the Pascoe River mouth in Queensland
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Far North Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source	Table Range, Great Dividing Range
• location	below Mount Yangee
• elevation	241 m (791 ft)
Mouth	Coral Sea
• location	Weymouth Bay
• coordinates	12°30′39″S 143°15′00″E / 12.51083°S 143.25000°E / -12.51083; 143.25000
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	119 km (74 mi)
Basin size	2,124 km2 (820 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	60.8 m3/s (1,920 GL/a)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Little Pascoe River
National park	Kutini-Payamu National Park
[2]

The Pascoe River is a river 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 Cape York Peninsula. 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 Weymouth Bay and onto the Coral Sea. From source to mouth, the Pascoe River is joined by eight tributaries including the Little Pascoe River, descending 243 metres (797 ft) over its 119-kilometre (74 mi) course.^[2]

The river has a catchment area of 2,124 square kilometres (820 sq mi) of which an area of 33 square kilometres (13 sq mi) is composed of riverine wetlands.^[3]

The traditional owners of the area are the Kuuku Ya’u, Kaanju and Umpila people who maintain a strong spiritual connection to the land.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § Queensland

References

This page was last edited on 17 June 2023, at 11:09