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The South
Alligator River forms part of the Alligator Rivers. The
Alligator Rivers have three rivers the West East and South
river. Alligator Rivers is also name of a region of Arnhem Land.
The Ranger Uranium Mine is also located there. You will discover
in the region around one thousand and five hundred sites of
Australian Aboriginal art. The Kakadu National Park is part of
the World Heritage sites. In the year 1820 Phillip Parker King
explored the land and it is him who gave this name to the place
but he mistook saltwater crocodiles for alligators. The length
of the South Adelaide River is around one hundred and sixty
kilometers. It starts from from Mount Slow on the Arnhem
Plateau. The river ends in Timor Sea in the Van Diemen Gulf. The
climate in the region of Alligators Rivers is mostly a monsoon
climate as most of the regions of northern Australia. There
have been aboriginal people living in the area for fifty
thousand years. The region has also magnificent cave and rock
paintings. |
