Kimberley Plateau
Geographical Features
The Kimberley is Western Australia’s sparsely settled northern region. It’s known for large swaths of wilderness defined by rugged mountains, dramatic gorges, outback desert and isolated coastal sections. About 2 billion years ago the Kimberley Plateau was formed when its underlying continent crashed into the Australian continent. This caused the uplifting of ranges, which were then eroded by an enormous river which carried sedimentary deposits to a shallow sea. These deposits became the Kimberley sandstones, siltstones and mudstones. |
Flora and Fauna
Most of the Kimberley region is full of flora and fauna. The rugged and sandstone landscape is home to a distinctive mixture of wildlife which has been thoroughly mapped and described by the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management.There are similar habitats to the Kimberley across the border in the Northern Territory including the valleys of the Victoria and Daly Rivers but these have been less carefully studied. |