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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 the Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory.
The Kimberley Craton, moving south-eastwards, collided with the North Australia Craton, resulting in a series of deformations creating the Hooper Complex and Lamboo Complex. These can be seen today along the southern margin of the Kimberley Craton. [2]
The Ord River is a 651-kilometre long (405 mi) river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river's catchment covers 55,100 square kilometres (21,274 sq mi). [2] The lower Ord River and the confluence with Cambridge Gulf create the most northern estuarine environment in Western Australia. [4] [5] [6]
Cape Kimberley, named after the first Earl of Kimberley who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1870 to 1874 and from 1880 1882 Penguin Channel, probably named after HMS Penguin which did Great Barrier Reef hydrographic surveys in the late 1800s ( 16°17′03″S 145°29′15″E / 16.2843°S 145.4876°E / -16.2843; 145. ...
The Islands of the Kimberley are a group of over 2,500 islands lying off the coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The islands extend from the Western Australia– Northern Territory border in the east to just north of Broome in the west.
The Kimberley tropical savanna is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northwestern Australia, covering portions of Western Australia and the Northern Territory south of the Timor Sea.
The Central Kimberley, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the central Kimberley region of Western Australia, comprising an area of 7,675,587 hectares (18,966,790 acres). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] See also
Kimberley coastline (Western Australia) is a coastal region at the ocean edges of the Kimberley land region in the northern part of Western Australia. It commences at the border with Northern Territory and ends at Wallal where the Pilbara Coast commences.