O'Connell | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of O'Connell river mouth in Queensland |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Queensland |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | North Queensland |
Length: | [1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
Discharge1 Avg: | [2] |
Source1 Location: | Great Dividing Range (Clarke Range) |
Source1 Coordinates: | -20.9207°N 148.6295°W |
Mouth: | Coral Sea |
Mouth Location: | Banana Pocket, North Queensland |
Mouth Coordinates: | -20.5723°N 148.6691°W |
Basin Size: | [3] |
Tributaries Left: | Ceadar Creek, Boundary Creek, Dingo Creek, Andromache |
Tributaries Right: | Horse Creek, Plantain Creek, Gibson Creek, Dinner Creek |
Extra: | [4] |
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 2388km2 of which an area of 128km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands.[5]