Adelaide River

The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Course and features

The river rises in the

course.^[1] The catchment area of the river is 7,640 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi).^[2]

The Adelaide River is crossed by both the

The Adelaide River is well known for its high concentration of

Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area. Waters of this river are also home to endangered speartooth shark and critically endangered largetooth sawfish. The river also contains a notable introduced population of Siamese fighting fish. ^[3]

Lieutenant Fitzmaurice, under the command of John Lort Stokes, sighted the river on a boating expedition. The expedition was part of the Admiralty surveying ship HMS Beagle's voyage in 1839, and the river was named in honour of Queen Adelaide.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Map of Adelaide River, NT". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b Bach, Christine; Hosking, Jane (1 September 2002). "Wetland monitoring for the Mary River Catchment, Northern Territory" (PDF). Natural Heritage Trust. Retrieved 27 April 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Bray, Dianne. "Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ "Place Names Register Extract - Adelaide River". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

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