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Alligator River (other)
Alligator River may refer to: * Alligator Rivers, three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers, at the Top End region of Australia * Alligator River (North Carolina), US * Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, US See also * Alligator Creek (other) * '' The Great Alligator River'', a 1979 Italian film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligator Rivers
Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in an Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers. It is regarded as one of the richest biological regions in Australia, with part of the region in the Kakadu National Park. It is an Important Bird Area (IBA), lying to the east of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area, Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains IBA. It also contains mineral ore, deposits, especially uranium, and the Ranger Uranium Mine is located there. The area is also rich in Australian Aboriginal art, with 1500 sites. The Kakadu National Park is one of the few World Heritage Site, World Heritage sites on the list because of both its natural and human heritage values. They were explored by Lieutenant Phillip Parker King in 1820, who named them in the mistaken belief that the crocodiles in the estuaries were alligators. Rivers The East Alligator River is about long. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligator River (North Carolina)
Alligator River is a small river in eastern North Carolina, separating Dare County and Tyrrell County. It empties into Albemarle Sound. A 21-mile canal connects the Alligator River with Pungo River to its west. The Lindsey C. Warren Bridge of U.S. Route 64 crosses the river. Alligator River is protected as part of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Habitat bordering the Refuge includes many diverse types including high and low pocosin, bogs, fresh and brackish water marshes, hardwood swamps A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ..., and Chamaecyparis thyoides, Atlantic white cypress swamps. Plant species include pitcher plants and sun dews, low bush cranberry, cranberries, Persea, redbay, Atlantic white cypress, pond pine, American sweetgum, red maple, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
