Jeannie River

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Jeannie
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Location of Jeannie river mouth in Queensland
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland, Cape York Peninsula
Physical characteristics
Source Great Dividing Range
 • locationnorthwest of Hope Vale and west of Starke
 • coordinates 14°54′31″S144°46′12″E / 14.90861°S 144.77000°E / -14.90861; 144.77000
 • elevation230 m (750 ft)
Mouth Coral Sea
 • location
adjacent to Howick Island
 • coordinates
 14°39′30″S144°55′26″E / 14.65833°S 144.92389°E / -14.65833; 144.92389
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length43 km (27 mi)
Basin size482.8 km2 (186.4 sq mi) [1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average9.4 m3/s (300 GL/a) [1]
Basin features
National park Cape Melville National Park
[2]

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 [3] northwest of Hope Vale 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 230 metres (750 ft) over its 43-kilometre (27 mi) course. [2]

The river has a catchment area of 3,638 square kilometres (1,405 sq mi) and takes in the wild rivers of the Jeannie, the Howick and Starke, [4] of which an area of 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "East Coastal Watersheds".
  2. 1 2 "Map of Jeannie River". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Cape Melville, Flinders Group and Howick Group national parks (CYPAL) map (PDF) (Map). Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Government. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jeannie River: Conservation and cultural values". The Wilderness Society . Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jeannie River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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