Ground view of a gap through a strike ridge in the Western Macdonnell Range.

 

Narrow gaps have been cut where rivers cut through resistant strike ridges.  Large floods often cut deep scour holes which fill with sand during smaller events.  Slackwater deposits may form in eddies off to the side of the main flow through the gap.  This image shows these deposits on each side of the channel and a waterhole just beyond the gap.  Copyright © American Geophysical Union, 2002.    Back