Jeannie River

The Jeannie River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Jeannie
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
• location	northwest of Hope Vale and west of Starke
• coordinates	14°54′31″S 144°46′12″E
• elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Mouth	Coral Sea
• location	adjacent to Howick Island
• coordinates	14°39′30″S 144°55′26″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	43 km (27 mi)
Basin size	3,638 km2 (1,405 sq mi)
Basin features
National park	Cape Melville National Park
[1]

The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range in the northern portion of the Cape York Peninsula in Kalpowar Aboriginal Land[2] 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.[1]

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,[3] of which an area of 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.[4]