Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Useful Information about Kakadu Wetlands

The main landforms and habitats in Kakadu National Park include a whole tropical river and its catchment, a sandstone table, savannah woodlands, open forests, rivers, floodplains, mangroves and mudflats.



The wildlife in Kakadu National Park includes over 280 species of birds, 60 kinds of native mammals, 55 kinds of freshwater fish, thousands of species of insects, and many species of reptiles, the most famous of which is the salt-water crocodile.












Fast Fact #10: The name 'Kakadu' comes from an Aboriginal floodplain language called Gagudju which was one of the languages spoken in the north of the park at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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