Embley River

The Embley River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.

The headwaters of the river rise on the coastal plain of the Cape York Peninsula and flow in a north westerly direction eventually discharging at Evans Landing into Albatross Bay near Nanum just south of Weipa and into the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The river has a catchment area of 4622 km2 of which an area of 392 km2 is composed of estuarine wetlands. From source to mouth, the Embley River is joined by five tributaries including the Hey River. The Embley River descends 21 m over its 54 km course.

The river was named in 1895 by John Douglas after the surveyor, John Thomas Embley (1858-1937), while Douglas was Government Resident on Thursday Island.