Jeannie | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jeannie river mouth in Queensland |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Far North Queensland, Cape York Peninsula |
Length: | 43km (27miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
Discharge1 Avg: | [1] |
Source1: | Great Dividing Range |
Source1 Location: | northwest of and west of Starke |
Source1 Coordinates: | -14.9086°N 144.77°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 230m (760feet) |
Mouth: | Coral Sea |
Mouth Location: | adjacent to Howick Island |
Mouth Coordinates: | -14.6583°N 144.9239°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 482.8km2[2] |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Cape Melville National Park |
Extra: | [3] |
The Jeannie River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range in the northern portion of the Cape York Peninsula in Kalpowar Aboriginal land[4] northwest of and west of Starke. The river flows in a north easterly direction through mostly uninhabited country past Lagoon Prospect and then enters the Cape Melville National Park and eventually discharging into the Coral Sea almost adjacent to Howick Island. The river descends over its 43km (27miles) course.[3]
The river has a catchment area of 3638km2 and takes in the wild rivers of the Jeannie, the Howick and Starke,[5] of which an area of 175km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands.[6]