Adelaide River is the name of more than one place in Australia:
Adelaide River, the river
Adelaide River, the township
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The township of AdelaideRiver lies on the Stuart Highway 201 km northwest of Katherine and 114 km south of Darwin and has a population of 159.
The river was explored by John McDouall Stuart in 1862, became the site of early settlements at Escape Cliffs and Port Daly, and in recent times was the location for the CSIRO's abortive experiment in rice growing at Humpty Doo.
The AdelaideRiver was first discovered by John Lort Stokes and L.R. Fitzmaurice when the HMS Beagle surveyed the coast of the Northern Territory in 1839.
The river sharks are members of the family Carcharhinidae, and thus share the basic characteristics of the group.
Six species of river sharks are known, although due to their secretive habits, other species could easily be lying undiscovered.
It is also known from the Alligator River system of the Northern Territory, where it occurs with Glyphis species C. Intriguingly, Glyphis specimens from the AdelaideRiver, Northern Territory, that have provisionally been identified as this species display very different vertebral counts (148 total vertebrae, versus 217 in specimens from the Bizant River).
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