Lynd River
| Lynd | |
| River | |
| Name origin: In honour of Robert Lynd | |
| Country | Australia |
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| State | Queensland |
| Region | Far North Queensland |
| Part of | Mitchell River catchment |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Tate River |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| - location | below Mount Poole |
| - elevation | 742 m (2,434 ft) |
| Mouth | confluence with the Mitchell River |
| - location | Highbury |
| - elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| - coordinates | 16°27′50″S 143°18′28″E / 16.46389°S 143.30778°ECoordinates: 16°27′50″S 143°18′28″E / 16.46389°S 143.30778°E |
| Length | 323 km (201 mi) |
| National park | Forty Mile Scrub National Park |
 Location of Lynd River mouth in Queensland
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The Lynd River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Forty Mile Scrub National Park in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a north westerly direction. It flows down the range and onto the plains of the Gulf Country past cattle stations such Torwood, The Lake outstation and Bulimba. Continuing north it discharges into the Mitchell River near Staaten River National Park. From source to mouth, the Lynd River is joined by twenty tributaries including the Tate River, descending 647 metres (2,123 ft) over its 323-kilometre (201 mi) course. In its upper reaches, the river is crossed by the Kennedy Highway.
The Mitchell River Fan Aggregation, a 7,149-square-kilometre (2,760 sq mi) freshwater wetland area located approximately south east of Kowanyama, is fed by the Mitchell, Palmer and Lynd Rivers.
Riparian vegetation found along the river include Melaleuca fluviatilis, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Pandanus spiralis and Ficus racemosa which provide most of the cover.
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