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- elevation
  
149 m (489 ft)

- elevation
  
0 m (0 ft)

Postal code
  
0846

Lga
  
Coomalie Shire

- location
  
Clarence Strait

Founded
  
1872

Local time
  
Thursday 6:43 PM

Federal division
  
Division of Lingiari

Adelaide River

- average
  
1,980 m/s (69,923 cu ft/s)

Weather
  
32°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 53% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Adelaide River NT 0846, Australia

Course and features

The river rises in the Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, joined by eight tributaries including the west branch of the Adelaide River, Coomalie Creek, Margaret River and Marrakai Creek, before discharging into its mouth in Adam Bay in the Timor Sea. The river descends 151 metres (495 ft) over its 238-kilometre (148 mi) course. The catchment area of the river is 7,640 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi).

The Adelaide River is crossed by both the Stuart Highway adjacent to the township of Adelaide River and the Arnhem Highway near Humpty Doo.

The Adelaide River is well known for its high concentration of saltwater crocodiles, along with other wildlife including white-bellied sea eagles, whistling kites, freshwater crocodiles, bull sharks and Black Flying-fox. Its lower reaches form part of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area.

A man named Fitzmaurice, under the command of John Lort Stokes, was the first European to discover the river when he sighted it when on a boating expedition. The expedition was part of the Admiralty surveying ship, 'The Beagle voyage in 1839 and it was named in memory of Queen Adelaide.

References

Adelaide River Wikipedia