Editing Bowling Green Bay National Park (section)

==Landforms==
Mount Elliot rises 1,342&nbsp;m and has numerous creeks on its eastern slopes, of which, Alligator Creek is the most important.<ref name="discover"/>  The creek is a popular place to swim and to watch birds drinking the creek's water or feeding on riparian vegetation.<ref name="discover"/>

The parks incorporates the floodplains of the [[Haughton River]]. This includes one of the largest [[wetland]]s on the east coast of Australia.<ref name="naq">{{cite book |title=Natural Areas of Queensland |last=Shilton |first=Peter |year=2005 |publisher=Goldpress |location=Mount Gravatt, Queensland |isbn=0-9758275-0-2 |pages=88–92 }}<!--|access-date=1 July 2011--></ref> The wetland arose as the coastal streams deposited material into the calm waters of Bowling Green Bay. It is composed of mud and sand flats, swamps, isolated hills, mangrove forests and inter-tidal flats.<ref name="naq"/> Behind the areas where mangroves grow are bare [[salt pan (geology)|salt pan]]. These wide expanses are a unique characteristic of [[North Queensland]] wetlands produced by comparatively low rainfall and a short [[wet season]] that never washes the salt away.<ref name="naq"/>