O'Connell River

O'Connell
Location of O'Connell river mouth in Queensland
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	North Queensland
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Great Dividing Range (Clarke Range)
• coordinates	20°55′14.646″S 148°37′46.3008″E / 20.92073500°S 148.629528000°E / -20.92073500; 148.629528000
• elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Mouth	Coral Sea
• location	Banana Pocket, North Queensland
• coordinates	20°34′20.1396″S 148°40′8.67″E / 20.572261000°S 148.6690750°E / -20.572261000; 148.6690750
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	34.2 km (21.3 mi)[1]
Basin size	886.5 km2 (342.3 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	15.75 m3/s (497 GL/a)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Ceadar Creek, Boundary Creek, Dingo Creek, Andromache
• right	Horse Creek, Plantain Creek, Gibson Creek, Dinner Creek
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The O'Connell River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise in a valley under Mount Millar in the Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, just north of the Eungella National Park. It flows in a northerly direction parallel with the Bruce Highway passing Kamo and Caping then discharging into the Repulse Fish Habitat area near Covering Beach and onto the Coral Sea.

The river has a catchment area of 2,388 square kilometres (922 sq mi) of which an area of 128 square kilometres (49 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § Queensland

References

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