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The earliest known European visitor to the site was William Collins, who discovered its entrance in 1804. [2]Aerial perspective of Cataract Gorge Reserve. A pathway, known as the King’s Bridge-Cataract Walk, and originally built by volunteers in the 1890s, runs along the north bank of the Cataract Gorge, [3] [4] and is a popular tourist destination.
Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Angul district, Odisha; ... Cataract Gorge, Tasmania; Dimond Gorge, ... Map of Bering Canyon and four other submarine canyons in the Bering Sea.
King's Bridge is a wrought-iron bridge crossing the South Esk River at the mouth of the Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania.. Construction of the bridge began in 1864. The bridge span was constructed in Manchester, England and was transported to Launceston for final assembly.
Cataract Canyon, near the Big Drop Rapids. Cataract Canyon is a 46-mile-long (74 km) canyon of the Colorado River located within Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in southern Utah. It begins at Colorado's confluence with the Green River, and its downstream terminus is the confluence with the Dirty Devil River.
The word "cataract" comes from the Greek word καταρρέω ("to flow down"), although the original Greek term was the plural-only Κατάδουποι. However, contrary to this, none of the Nile 's six primary cataracts could be accurately described as waterfalls, and given a broader definition, this is the same with many of the minor ...
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Cataract Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [6] Formed in shallow seas, this semi-sedimentary rock was pushed slightly east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramid orogeny.
Cataract Mountain (8,180 feet (2,493 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. [3] Cataract Mountain is .70 miles (1.13 km) NNE of Piegan Mountain and more than a mile west of Mount Siyeh .
Cataract Dam is arguably the most decorative of all the major dams constructed in NSW in regards to its high standard of rusticated stone finishes on the crest wall, abutments and crest house, the ashlar pattern imparted by the precast concrete blocks on the straight upstream face of the wall, the unadorned functionality of the concrete facing ...