About Uluru
Location
The world famous Uluru is located in the South Western Corner of Australia’s Northern Territory. Climate Uluru is situated near the center of a semi-arid desert. Therefore, temperatures can range from 3.5° C in July to 37.5° C in January. The climate in Uluru is extreme. In winter, daytime temperatures can be pleasant but clear nights can see the temperature drop below 0° C. In summer the temperature can get very hot reaching as high as 45° C. The highest temperature recorded at Uluru was 45.5°C on 17 February 1992. However, the lowest temperature recorded was minus 4°C in July 2001 and in 1997 it snows on Uluru. Formation Uluru's creation started 500 million years ago. Uluru is composed of a rich, coarse-grained deposit called arkose. Uluru is a conglomerate of consisting of pebbles, cobbles and boulders cemented by sand and mud. The gravel found in the rock is mostly granite and basalt. The orange-red hue found on the rock is rusting iron oxidation. The average geological composition of Uluru is 50% feldspar, 25-35% quartz and up to 25% rock fragments. |
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WildlifeUluru consist of many animals that are culturally important, often referred to as ancestral creatures. You are most likely to only see lizards, birds, snakes however there our other rare mammals lurking Uluru.
Some of the more popular species to be found include:
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Flora/Plants
In Uluru over 416 species of native plants are in the National Park alone. Some of the more popular ones that are native to Uluru include:
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