Yappar
Location of Yappar River mouth in Queensland
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Far North Queensland, Gulf Country
Physical characteristics
Source	Gregory Range
• location	Esmeralda
• coordinates	19°02′08″S 143°02′43″E / 19.03556°S 143.04528°E / -19.03556; 143.04528
• elevation	391 m (1,283 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Norman River
• location	Yappar Station
• coordinates	18°17′42″S 141°13′10″E / 18.29500°S 141.21944°E / -18.29500; 141.21944
• elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Length	340 km (210 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Esmeralda Creek
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The Yappar River is a river in the Gulf Country region of Far North Queensland, Australia.

Course and features

The river rises below the Gregory Range near Esmeralda in an area of ephemeral watercourses and stony sandstone ridges lightly vegetated with Eucalyptus miniata, acacia and spinifex on the ridge tops. Further down from the ridges areas of paperbark are found.^[2] The river flows generally in a north-westerly direction through Esmeralda Station, floodplain and savannah county, almost parallel with the Clara River, through the channel country until it reaches Yappar Station where it reaches its confluence with the Norman River at the western boundary of Claraville. The Yappar has seven minor tributaries from source to mouth and descends 374 metres (1,227 ft) over its 340 kilometres (210 mi) course.^[1]