File:Porcupine Creek, Porcupine Gorge National Park, North Queensland, Australia.jpg
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English: Towering cliffs of coloured sandstone (Warang Sandstone Formation) and deep permanent waterholes along Porcupine Creek provide a refuge for native flora that contrasts strikingly with the scrublands that surround the gorge. Porcupine Gorge National Park contains eucalypt, acacia and melaleuca woodlands, springs and riparian forests. More than 270 plant species have been identified in the park.
Porcupine Creek on Porcupine Gorge National Park is a major tributary of Flinders River, which flows to the Gulf of Carpentaria. It cuts through a hard basalt cap, seen in the photo as the dark rocks on top of the sandstone, to form a deep gorge about 120 m deep in the underlying sediment and metamorphic rock. Age dating on the basalt flow indicates that it is 5 million years old, so the creek cut the gorge after this time. |
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