[3] The Pimpama River rises in the Darlington Range on the north-western slopes of Wongawallan Mountain, west of Willow Vale in the Gold Coast hinterland.

The river flows generally north-easterly, joined by two minor tributaries before emptying into Tipplers Passage where it is joined by the North Branch of the Coomera River in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park and south of Woogoompah Island.

[4] The Pimpama River wetlands has mangroves, saltmarshs and marine flats providing protected breeding grounds for marine species including four frog species and the vulnerable false water rat (Xeromys myoides).

The fertile delta area of the river centered on Jacobs Well was home to a thriving arrowroot crop.

A bridge was first constructed over the Pimpama River between late 1871 and early 1872 by John Thomas Brigg.