Kendall River (Queensland)

This article is about a river in Queensland. For a river of the same name in Canada, see Kendall River.
Kendall
Kendall River (Queensland) is located in Queensland
Kendall River (Queensland)
Location of Kendall River mouth in Queensland
EtymologyIn honour of Thomas Kendall[1]
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionFar North Queensland
Physical characteristics
SourceGreat Dividing Range
 • locationnorthwest of Bally Junction
 • elevation154 m (505 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Holroyd River
 • location
near the Kulinchin Outstation
 • coordinates
14°12′21″S 141°37′39″E / 14.20583°S 141.62750°E / -14.20583; 141.62750
 • elevation
3 m (9.8 ft)
Length167 km (104 mi)
Basin size4,851 km2 (1,873 sq mi)
[2]

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

The headwaters of the river rise in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a south westerly direction through mostly uninhabited country across Cape York Peninsula. It eventually discharges into the Holroyd River near the Kulinchin Outstation and then onto the Gulf of Carpentaria.[2]

The river has a catchment area of 4,851 square kilometres (1,873 sq mi), of which an area of 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) is composed of palustrine wetlands.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference QPN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Map of Kendall River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kendall River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2015.