page_title: Russell River (Queensland)
section_title: Location and features
hierarchical_section_title: Russell River (Queensland) / Location and features
caption_attribution_description: English: Single lane bridge for road vehicles and cane trains across the Russell River between Babinda (foreground) and East Russell (background), 2018
context_page_description: The Russell River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The 59-kilometre-long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately 60 kilometres south of Cairns.
context_section_description: The Russell River rises in the Wooroonooran National Park sourced from drainage of the Bellenden Ker Range, below Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker.  In its upper reaches, the course of the river meanders highly as it flows south by east and exits the Wooroonooran National Park. The river flows north by east, joined by the Josephine Creek and it has descended over the Josephine Falls. The river flows east of Babinda and then due north, bounded on both its east and western flanks by the Russell River National Park. The river reaches its confluence with the Mulgrave River in an estuarine state, with the Mulgrave flowing east for a short distance to empty into Coral Sea via the Mutchero Inlet. Water from the river is used to grow sugar cane on the coastal plains surrounding the Russell River's lower reaches.
  The Russell River catchment area is estimated to be 669 square kilometres (258 sq mi) of which 68.8 square kilometres (26.6 sq mi) is wetlands. The river descends 206 metres (676 ft) over its 59-kilometre (37 mi) course.
  The river is a popular location for whitewater rafting.
  With the Mulgrave River, the Russell River has a well recorded flood history with documented evidence of flooding beginning in the late 1930s.
caption: Single-land road/rail bridge over the Russell River from Babinda to East Russell, 2018
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