Kanalla Falls

Kanalla Falls
Kanalla Falls
Location	Flinders Ranges, South Australia [1]
Coordinates	31°30′07″S138°30′38″E / 31.501883°S 138.510616°E Coordinates: 31°30′07″S138°30′38″E / 31.501883°S 138.510616°E [1]
Elevation	433 metres (1,421 ft) [2] AHD
Total height	64–79 metres (210–259 ft) [2]
Watercourse	Edeowie Creek

Last updated July 12, 2019

The Kanalla Falls, a waterfall on the Edeowie Creek, is located in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.

A waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about 200 km (125 mi) north of Adelaide. The discontinuous ranges stretch for over 430 km (265 mi) from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna.

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Situated within the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of the village of Hawker and 380 kilometres (240 mi) north of Adelaide, the waterfalls descend from below St Mary Peak and a range of other mountains at an elevation of 433 metres (1,421 ft) above sea level; falling in the range of 64–79 metres (210–259 ft) into the Wilpena Pound valley below.^[2]

Hawker is a town and a locality in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 kilometres (227 mi) north of Adelaide. It is in the Flinders Ranges Council, the state Electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey. At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 341 of which 237 lived in its town centre.

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. Adelaide is home to 77 percent of the South Australian population, making it the most centralised population of any state in Australia.

St Mary Peak is a mountain located in the Australian state of South Australia on the northwestern side of Wilpena Pound and is the highest peak in the Flinders Ranges with a height of 1,189 metres (3,901 ft). It is located within the Flinders Ranges National Park and the gazetted locality of Flinders Ranges, South Australia. St Mary Peak is the eighth highest peak in South Australia. Its former name "St Mary's Peak" remains in colloquial use.

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1 2 "Search results for "Kanalla Falls" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
1 2 3 "Map of Kanalla Falls, SA". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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[Kanalla-1] 1 2 "Search results for "Kanalla Falls" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[bonzle-2] 1 2 3 "Map of Kanalla Falls, SA". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Kanalla Falls

Location	Flinders Ranges, South Australia ^[1]
Coordinates	31°30′07″S138°30′38″E / 31.501883°S 138.510616°E / -31.501883; 138.510616 Coordinates: 31°30′07″S138°30′38″E / 31.501883°S 138.510616°E / -31.501883; 138.510616 ^[1]
Elevation	433 metres (1,421 ft)^[2] AHD
Total height	64–79 metres (210–259 ft)^[2]
Watercourse	Edeowie Creek

Kanalla Falls

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