Porongurup National Park

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Porongurup National Park
Porongurup Range from the north
Porongurup Range from the north
Porongurup National Park (Western Australia)
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Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′ 46 ″  S , 117 ° 52 ′ 23 ″  E
Location: Western Australia , Australia
Specialty: Karri forests
Next city: 40 kilometer (s) from Albany
Surface: 25 km²
Founding: 1971
Fire seen from Mount Barker in 2007
Fire seen from Mount Barker in 2007
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The Porongurup National Park is a 25 km² large park in the southwest of Western Australia , Australia .

location

The park is located about 360 km southeast of Perth and 40 km north of Albany . Here two mountain ranges rise from the large southern agricultural level of Western Australia: the large Stirling Range in the north with the national park of the same name and the significantly smaller Porongurup Range about 30 km south. The granite rocks of the mountain range extend in an east-west direction over a length of 12 km and are 670 meters high at their highest point, the Devils's Slide . This means they rise about 400 meters from the surrounding plain.

geology

The Porongurup Range consists of approximately 1.184 billion years old granite . It is believed that the granite originated from a molten part of the Australian continental plate that cooled under high pressure in the earth's crust . Erosion of the surrounding metamorphic rock later exposed the granite as a mountain range. The granite mountains of the Porongurup Range were islands in a sea that reached to the Stirling Range in the north during the Eocene , when the sea level was over 100 m higher than today.

history

The name Porongurup is derived from the name Purringorep used by the Aborigines who have lived in this area for thousands of years. The name was first recorded by Captain Wakefield, who leads the first expedition to the area. The area was declared a national park in 1971 with an original area of ​​11.57 km².

Flora and fauna

Karri trees ( Eucalyptus diversicolor ) grow on the upper slopes in the deep red soil , also called "Karri". Fossil pollen indicates that the carribrees were more common than they are today during a wetter period in Earth's history. As the climate got drier, the karris disappeared more and more. This tree species could only survive in places with favorable soil. The Porongurup Range is one such "island" with Karri forest.

The biggest parts of the 750 plant species found in the jarrah and marri forests of the low-lying laterite , including many acacia - and Hovea bushes. There are 55 orchid species and 50 species from the silver tree family , including the genera Banksia , Dryandra , Hakea and Grevillea , in the national park .

Web links

Commons : Porongurup National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australia Easy Read - Road and 4WD Atlas . Hema Maps, Brisbane 2007, ISBN 978-1-86500-395-5 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Official website of the park. Retrieved January 16, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Management Plan - Stirling Range and Porongorup NP. (PDF; 1.6 MB) DEC , December 1999, accessed on January 16, 2016 (English).