Mitchell River (Queensland)
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- Disambiguation - See also Mitchell River, Victoria
The Mitchell River begins on the Atherton Tableland about 50 km northwest of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, and flows over 500 km northwest across Cape York Peninsula to the Gulf of Carpentaria. It has the state's largest discharge, but is intermittent and may be dry for part of the year.
It was named by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 after Sir Thomas Mitchell.
Tributaries include:
- Alice River
- Lynd River
- Tate River
- Palmer River
- Walsh River
