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Waterfall Attractions In Kimberley Region

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The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts in the region of Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory. The region was named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1870 to 1874 and 1880 to 1882.
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Waterfall Attractions In Kimberley Region

  • 1. Horizontal Falls Talbot Bay
    The Horizontal Falls or Horizontal Waterfalls is the name given to a natural phenomenon on the coast of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. The Horizontal Falls have been described by naturalist David Attenborough as one of the greatest wonders of the natural world. They are formed from a break in-between the McLarty Ranges, reaching up to 25m in width. The natural phenomenon is created as seawater builds up faster on one side of the gaps than the other, creating a waterfall up to 5m high on a spring tide. Within each change of the tide, the direction of the falls reverses, creating vast tidal whirlpools. The northern, most seaward gorge is 20 m -wide and the southern, more inland gorge is 12 m . Above each of the gorges are natural reservoirs between 6–8 km -long, which fill and ...
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