| Black | |
| Name Etymology: | John Melton Black |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Black River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | North Queensland |
| Length: | 33km (21miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
| Discharge1 Avg: | [1] |
| Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | west of Mount Cataract |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -19.2858°N 146.4247°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 84m (276feet) |
| Mouth: | Coral Sea |
| Mouth Location: | Bushland Beach |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -19.18°N 146.6517°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| Basin Size: | [2] |
| Extra: | [3] |
The Black River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise near Ben Lomond East in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a northeasterly direction. The river flows roughly parallel with the Hervey Range Developmental Road past Mount Cataract and Mount Black on the Bohle Plains. The river is crossed by the Bruce Highway near Kulburr and discharges into the Coral Sea between Yabulu and Beach Holm approximately 10km (10miles) north west of Townsville.
The river descends over its 33km (21miles) course.[3] The catchment area occupies 1060km2, including 36km2 of riverine wetlands and 10.6km2 of estuarine wetlands.[4]
A total of 22 species of fish have been found in the river, including the glassfish, Roman nose Goby, Fly-specked hardyhead, Golden Gudgeon, Jungle Perch, Barramundi, oxeye herring, eastern rainbowfish, spotted scat, and Crescent Perch.[5]
The river is named after John Melton Black who was a pastoralist, merchant and a settler of Townsville. The outer Townsville suburb of Black River is named after the river which flows through northern side of the area.[6]
The Alice River is a tributary of the Black River with a confluence at -19.25°N 146.6331°W.[7] The river is the western boundary of the Townsville suburb of Alice River.