Franklin–Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
- Franklin–Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
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national park in western
Tasmania,
Australia. The park, established in 1981 and doubled in area in 1990, covers 1,700 square miles (4,400 square km) of alpine slopes, undulating hills, and coastline. It constitutes, together with neighbouring
Southwest National Park to the south and Cradle Mountain–Lake St. Clair National Park to the north, the central section of the great
Tasmanian Wilderness.
The park's features include the spectacular gorges of the
Gordon River, which flows northwestward from Lake Richmond into
Macquarie Harbour, and of the Franklin River, a southward-flowing tributary to the Gordon. Camping, hiking, and rafting are popular activities among visitors, who often arrive via the Lyell Highway, which traverses the park.
The
Tasmanian devil and other marsupials are part of the varied wildlife of the area. Common flora include the Huon pine, myrtle beech, eucalyptus, and other species suited to the cool temperate rainforest. In Kutakina Cave, near the confluence of the Franklin and Gordon, prehistoric tools that Aborigines had crafted from the natural glass of a distant meteorite crater were excavated.
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