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Alice River (Far North Queensland)

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of the river occupies 12,943 square kilometres (4,997 sq mi), part of the much larger Mitchell River catchment that has a total area of 71,670 square kilometres (27,672 sq mi).
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and flow westward down the valleys and across Aerodrome Plain where they turn south west forming braided channels. The river then turns northwest and continues forming the northern border of
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and descends 119 metres (390 ft) over its 332-kilometre (206 mi)
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Alice River
Alice River (Far North Queensland) is located in Queensland
mouth
Australia
State
Queensland
Region
Far North Queensland
Great Dividing Range
Dixie
15°21′23″S 143°29′27″E / 15.35639°S 143.49083°E / -15.35639; 143.49083
Mouth
confluence
Mitchell River
Kowanyama
15°21′29″S 141°58′32″E / 15.35806°S 141.97556°E / -15.35806; 141.97556
River system
Mitchell River
river
Cape York Peninsula
Far North Queensland
Great Dividing Range
Mitchell-Alice Rivers National Park
Mitchell River
mouth
tributaries
course
catchment area
speargrass
Stringybark

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