{{Short description|River in Queensland, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox river | name = Walsh | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Australia Queensland | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of Walsh River mouth in Queensland <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Australia | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Queensland | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Far North Queensland, Gulf Country | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|323|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Great Dividing Range | source1_location = {{QLDcity|Watsonville}}, Far North Queensland | source1_coordinates= {{coord|-17.29636|145.40447|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Walsh River (source)}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|918|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = confluence with the Mitchell River | mouth_location = Gamboola/Wrotham, Gulf Country | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-16.5329|143.69510|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Walsh River (mouth)}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|116|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = Mitchell River | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = <ref name=bonzle>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=211500&cmd=sp|title=Map of Walsh River|access-date=8 June 2015|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia}}</ref> }}
The '''Walsh River''' is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{Cite QPN|36381|Walsh River|river in the Shire of Mareeba|access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
The headwaters of the river rise in the locality of Watsonville on the Atherton Tableland approximately {{convert|9.6|km|mi|0}} north of Herberton and then flow in a westerly direction then turning north past Mount Masterton and then veering west again near Tabacum. It crosses and then runs parallel to the Mareeba-Dimbulah Road then under Mount White and past Fumar and Dimbulah and through the Featherstone Range. It then flows to the north west crossing the Burke Developmental Road and eventually discharges into the Mitchell River of which it is a tributary on the boundary of the localities of Gamboola and Wrotham.
The drainage sub-basin occupies an area of {{convert|8958|km2|sqmi|0}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-walsh-river/|title=Walsh River drainage sub-basin|work=Wetlandinfo|access-date=8 June 2015|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> and is part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of {{convert|71670|km2|sqmi|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-mitchell/|title=Mitchell River drainage basin|access-date=8 June 2015|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Water|Environment|Queensland}}}} * {{section link|List of rivers of Australia|Queensland}}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Rivers of Queensland|state=collapsed}}
Category:Rivers of Far North Queensland