Alligator River

The name Alligator River may refer to any of several watercourses:

In Australia
  • Alligator Rivers are three rivers in and near Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory
    • East Alligator River
    • West Alligator River and
    • South Alligator River
In the United States of America
  • Alligator River (North Carolina)
  • Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina

Famous quotes containing the words alligator and/or river:

    “‘Tis no great valor to perish sword in hand, and bravado on lip; cased all in panoply complete. For even the alligator dies in his mail, and the swordfish never surrenders. To expire, mild-eyed, in one’s bed, transcends the death of Epaminondas.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)