White-Mountains-Nationalpark

The White Mountains National Park (English White Mountains National Park ) is a 1,122 square kilometer national park in Queensland, Australia.

Location

It is located in the region of North Queensland and is located about 80 kilometers northwest of Hughenden and 140 kilometers southwest of Charters Towers. The Flinders Highway crosses the southern area of ​​the park, there branches off a 10 km long access road to the only campsite Cann's Camp Creek. In the rainy season from November to April the road is temporarily impassable.

In the vicinity of the national parks Moorrinya, Great Basalt Wall, Porcupine Gorge and Blackbraes lie.

Flora and Fauna

The park is one of the botanically richest in Queensland. The bioregion Desert Highlands ( Desert Upland) 14 different ecosystems. Some 430 different plant species thrive here, with eucalyptus, acacia, Myrtenheiden and heathland are predominant. Is just as multifaceted wildlife, 51 species of reptiles and numerous species of birds in the National Park home, including peregrine falcons, cuckoos grimace, frilled lizards and geckos ( Nephrurus asper ).

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

Landforms

In the White Mountains National Park meet three watershed lines. About the Burdekin River, the water flows into the Coral Sea, the Flinders River drains into the Gulf of Carpentaria and a part flows westwards into the Channel Country to Lake Eyre in South Australia. The park is also one of the main tributary areas for the Great Artesian Basin.