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
• elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Mouth	Coral Sea
• location	Banana Pocket, North Queensland
• coordinates	20°34′20.1396″S 148°40′8.67″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	34.2 km (21.3 mi)[1]
Basin size	886.5 km^2 (342.3 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	15.75 m^3/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
[3]

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

1. "Map of O'Connell River, QLD".
2. "East Coastal Watersheds".
3. "Map of O'Connell River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
4. "O'Connell River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 July 2015.