O'Connell River

River in Queensland, Australia

20°55′14.646″S 148°37′46.3008″E / 20.92073500°S 148.629528000°E / -20.92073500; 148.629528000 • elevation222 m (728 ft) MouthCoral 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)Length34.2 km (21.3 mi)^[1]Basin size886.5 km² (342.3 sq mi)^[2]Discharge • locationNear mouth • average15.75 m³/s (497 GL/a)^[2] Basin featuresTributaries • leftCeadar Creek, Boundary Creek, Dingo Creek, Andromache • rightHorse 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]

References

^ "Map of O'Connell River, QLD".
^ ^a ^b "East Coastal Watersheds".
^ "Map of O'Connell River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
^ "O'Connell River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

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