White Mountains National Park

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White Mountains National Park
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White Mountains National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 20 ° 32 ′ 28 ″  S , 144 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Desert landscape
Next city: 50 mile (s) from Hughenden
Surface: 1,122 km²
Founding: 1990
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The White Mountains National Park ( English White Mountains National Park ) is a 1,122 square kilometer national park in the Australian state of Queensland .

location

The park is located in the North Queensland region and is approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Hughenden and 140 kilometers southwest of Charters Towers . The closest settlements are Torrents Creek and Pentland . The Flinders Highway crosses the southern area of ​​the park, where a 10-kilometer cul-de-sac branches off to the only campsite, Canns Camp Creek . In the rainy season between November and April, the road is temporarily impassable.

The national parks Moorrinya , Great Basalt Wall , Porcupine Gorge and Blackbraes are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The park is one of the most botanically biodiverse in Queensland. The Desert Upland bioregion comprises 14 different ecosystems. Around 430 different plant species thrive here, with eucalyptus , acacia , myrtle heather and heathland predominating. Just as diverse is the fauna, 51 species of reptiles and numerous species of birds live in the national park, including the peregrine falcon , grimace cuckoos , frilled lizards and geckos ( Nephrurus asper ).

White sandstone cliffs and canyons are characteristic of the park, with sand pans and dunes in between. During the rainy season in winter and spring, the water levels in the streams and rivers rise and the wildflowers begin to bloom.

Terrain forms

Three watershed lines meet in the White Mountains National Park . The water flows over the Burdekin River into the Coral Sea , the Flinders River drains into the Gulf of Carpentaria and part of it flows west into the Channel Country to Lake Eyre in South Australia . The park is also one of the main tributaries to the Great Artesian Basin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  4. ↑ a b Official website of the park - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)