Adelaide River (Van Diemen Gulf)

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Adelaide River
Adelaide River.JPG
Data
location Northern Territory ( Australia )
River system Adelaide River
source Mount Smith (east of Litchfield National Park )
13 ° 18 ′ 1 ″  S , 130 ° 57 ′ 52 ″  E
Source height 149  m
muzzle Van Diemen Gulf ( Timor Sea ) northeast of Darwin Coordinates: 12 ° 13 ′ 22 "  S , 131 ° 14 ′ 53"  E 12 ° 13 ′ 22 "  S , 131 ° 14 ′ 53"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 149 m
Bottom slope 0.83 ‰
length 180 km
Catchment area 7640 km²
Left tributaries Adelaide River West Branch, Coomalie Creek, Otto Creek, Manton River
Right tributaries Burrells Creek, Margaret River , Marrakai Creek, Wilshire Creek
Communities Adelaide River , Middle Point, Mount Bundey
Navigable 130 km

The Adelaide River is a river in the northwest of the Northern Australian Territory . It flows into Adam Bay on the Van Diemen Gulf about 40 kilometers northeast of the territorial capital Darwin .

geography

River course

It rises on the western slopes of Mount Smith , west of Brooks Creek and east of Litchfield National Park , and flows for 180 km northeast to Adams Bay , a bay on the Timor Sea in Djukbinj National Park , around 50 km northeast of Darwin . From its mouth it is navigable for 130 km.

At the point where the Stuart Highway and the Central Australian Railway , and earlier the North Australia Railway , cross and crossed the river, is the place of the same name Adelaide River .

Tributaries with mouth heights

history

Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice was the first European to reach the river on board the ship HMS Beagle and named it after the British Queen Dowager Adelaide . It was explored by John McDouall Stuart in 1892 and earlier by Frederick Henry Litchfield , the first settlement on its shores was Escape Cliffs (1864-1867). Since the 1890s, the black soils along the Adelaide River have repeatedly been the subject of agricultural experiments such as cattle breeding, vegetable and rice cultivation.

Attractions

The Adelaide River is mainly known to tourists for its jumping crocodiles . Pieces of meat are held over the water on a fishing rod from a boat. Saltwater crocodiles then jump a few meters high out of the water and grab the chunks of meat.

See also

Web links

Commons : Adelaide River  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Map of Adelaide River, NT . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 95
  3. ↑ Adelaide River on Encyclopædia Britannica Online ( English ) Retrieved on June 6 in 2009.