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MITCHELL RIVER

RIVER LEVELS
April 29, 2025


Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Mitchell River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Mitchell River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .

       
River Streamflow Levels
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Seasonal Discharge Comparison
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Maximum Streamflow Discharge
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Weather Forecast

Streamflow Elevation Profile
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The Mitchell River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the Atherton Tableland about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Cairns, and flows about 750 kilometres (470 mi) northwest across Cape York Peninsula from Mareeba to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The river's watershed covers an area of 71,757 km2 (27,706 sq mi). The Mitchell River has the state's largest discharge, at 11.3 million megalitres (2.5×10^12 imp gal; 3.0×10^12 US gal) annually, but is intermittent and may be dry for part of the year. Lake Mitchell is the main water storage facility on the river.It was named by Ludwig Leichhardt on the 16 June 1845 after Sir Thomas Mitchell while he was on his overland expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington. It may have been previously named the Vereenighde River in 1623 by a Dutch merchant and navigator, Jan Carstensz.