O'Connell River

O'Connell
River
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	North Queensland
Mouth
- coordinates	20°33′50″S 148°29′53″E / 20.56389°S 148.49806°E / -20.56389; 148.49806Coordinates: 20°33′50″S 148°29′53″E / 20.56389°S 148.49806°E / -20.56389; 148.49806
Location of O'Connell river mouth in Queensland

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 2,388 square kilometres (922 sq mi) of which an area of 128 square kilometres (49 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.