The O'Connell River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.
| 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 |
| • 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 |
• 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 |
| [3] | |
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "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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