Dimond Gorge is a

gorge A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tend ...

on the Fitzroy River,

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, within

Mornington Sanctuary Mornington Sanctuary, formerly Mornington Station, is a nature reserve in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It contains the Mornington Wilderness Camp and is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). It lies ...

Features

Fauna

The

Short-eared rock-wallaby The short-eared rock-wallaby (''Petrogale brachyotis'') is a species of rock-wallaby found in northern Australia, in the northernmost parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is much larger than its three closest relatives, the ...

is a known inhabitant of Dimond Gorge.

River level gauging

The

Department of Water The Department of Water is a defunct department of the Government of Western Australia that was responsible for management of Western Australia's water resources. It was replaced by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (Western ...

maintain an operating gauging station in the gorge and the current river level can be ascertaine
here

History

Dimond Gorge was considered as a location for the peaceful use of nuclear explosions in the 1960s. There have been several proposals to dam the Fitzroy River at Dimond Gorge to serve as a water source for agriculture in

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

and as a source for

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. In 2023, the

Bunuba National Park Bunuba National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north-east of Fitzroy Crossing. It was declared in August 2023, is located in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, and is part of the Central Kimberley and Damp ...

was established, which stretches from Dimond Gorge to

Geikie Gorge Danggu (Geikie) Gorge National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, (great-circle distance) northeast of Perth and approximately east of Broome by road. it is closed owing to damage caused by flooding of the ...

including the

Danggu Gorge National Park Danggu (Geikie) Gorge National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, (great-circle distance) northeast of Perth and approximately east of Broome by road. it is closed owing to damage caused by flooding of the ...

References

External links

Australian Wildlife ConservancyRiver Level
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