Editing Windjana Gorge National Park

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| type                   = protected
| name                   = Windjana Gorge National Park
| state                  = wa
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Windjana gorge 02.jpg
| caption                = View from base of gorge
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Derby, Western Australia|Derby]]
| area                   = 20.5
| area_footnotes         = <ref>{{cite journal| year=2010| title=Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report| journal=Annual Report| pages=48| publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation| issn=1835-114X| url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111124319/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/| archive-date=11 January 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| established            = 1971
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| managing_authorities   = [[Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)|Department of Environment and Conservation]]
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'''Windjana Gorge National Park''' is a [[List of national parks of Australia|national park]] in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley region]] of [[Western Australia]], 1855&nbsp;km northeast of [[Perth]] and 355&nbsp;km east of [[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]]. It is open during the dry season only, usually April to November (dates vary according to conditions).

The gorge has been carved by the [[Lennard River]] and is over 3&nbsp;km long and about 100&nbsp;m wide with walls to a height of 30&nbsp;m in places. The rocks are part of the [[Napier Range]], an ancient [[Devonian]] reef system that is over 375 million years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australiasnorthwest.com/en/Destinations/The_Kimberley/Pages/Windjana_Gorge_and_Tunnel_Creek_National_Parks.aspx|title=Australia's North West - National Park|year=2009|access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref><ref>1988 research into the gorge environment -{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101986671 |title=Research on a geological last frontier |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,234 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=4 June 1988 |access-date=6 December 2018 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The rocks are the same as the ones found at [[Tunnel Creek]] and [[Geikie Gorge]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Playford, Phillip E. (Phillip Elliott) | author2=Geological Survey of Western Australia | author3=National Parks Authority of Western Australia | author4=Playford, Phillip | title=Geology of Windjana Gorge, Geikie Gorge and Tunnel Creek National Parks | publication-date=1984 | publisher=National Parks Authority | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18065641 | access-date=6 December 2018 }}</ref>

The river flows freely through the gorge during the wet season but during the dry season (between May and September) it becomes a series of pools surrounded by trees and shrubs. Some of the vegetation found along the river banks include [[paperbark]]s, [[cadjebut]]s, native fig trees and [[leichhardt tree]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windjanagorge.com.au/sites/default.asp|title=Windjana Gorge Tours|year=2009|access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref>

It is part of the [[Devonian Reef| Balili (Devonian Reef) Conservation Park]].

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Western Australia]]

== References ==
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{{National Parks of Western Australia}}
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[[Category:National parks of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Kimberley (Western Australia)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1971]]

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