| Alice | |
| Name Etymology: | In honour of Alice Johnston |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Alice River mouth in Queensland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Far North Queensland |
| Length: | 332km (206miles) |
| Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
| Source1 Location: | Dixie |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -15.3564°N 143.4908°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 132m (433feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Mitchell River |
| Mouth Location: | Kowanyama |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -15.3581°N 141.9756°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 12m (39feet) |
| River System: | Mitchell River |
| Basin Size: | 12943km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Ten Mile Creek, Horse Creek, Back Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Crosbie Creek, Goose Creek |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Alice River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range and flow westward down the valleys and across Aerodrome Plain where they turn south west forming braided channels. The river then turns northwest and continues forming the northern border of Mitchell-Alice Rivers National Park before discharging into Mitchell River. From source to mouth, the river is joined by twelve tributaries and descends over its 332km (206miles) course.[1]
The catchment area of the river occupies 12943km2,[2] part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of 71670km2.[3]
Vegetation across the catchment area is speargrass savannah dominated by Stringybark, Bloodwoods and Moreton Bay Ash. Along the river banks and tributaries there are open stands of paperbarks and dense riparian rainforest. The season swamps and lagoons have Melaleucas and Freshwater Mangrove with water lilies in standing water.[4]
The river was named in circa 1886 by Frank Johnston, the manager of Koolata cattle station, after his wife Alice.[5]