Windjana Gorge National Park
| Windjana Gorge National Park Western Australia | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
 View from base of gorge | |
  Windjana Gorge National Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Derby |
| Coordinates | 17°25′42″S 124°58′35″E / 17.42833°S 124.97639°ECoordinates: 17°25′42″S 124°58′35″E / 17.42833°S 124.97639°E |
| Established | 1971 |
| Area | 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | Department of Environment and Conservation |
| Website | Windjana Gorge National Park |
| See also |
List of protected areas of Western Australia |
Windjana Gorge National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (Australia), 1855 km northeast of Perth and 355 km east of Broome.
The gorge has been carved by the Lennard River and is over 3 km long and about 100m wide with walls to a height of 30m in places. The rocks are part of the Napier Range, an ancient Devonian reef system that is over 375 million years old.[2] The rocks are the same as the ones found at Tunnel Creek and Geikie Gorge.
The river flows freely through the gorge during the wet season but during the dry season (between May and September) it becomes a series of pools surrounded by trees and shrubs. Some of the vegetation found along the river banks include paperbarks, cadjebuts, native fig trees and leichhardt trees.[3]
References
- ↑ "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Department of Environment and Conservation. 2010: 48. ISSN 1835-114X.
- ↑ "Australia's North West - National Park". 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ↑ "Windjana Gorge Tours". 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
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