Flooding rains bring rare waterfalls to Australia's Uluru (AFP) PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 16 January 2010 07:53

Heavy rains which flooded parts of Australia's vast desert centre have brought rare waterfalls spilling from the iconic monolith Uluru, or Ayers Rock. Situated near the centre of the semi-arid Sturt Desert, Uluru typically receives little more than 12 inches of rain a year, and January is its hottest, driest month, with temperatures topping to 45 degrees Celsius (113 F).(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Heavy rains which flooded parts of Australia's vast desert centre have brought rare waterfalls spilling from the iconic monolith Uluru, or Ayers Rocks, officials said Saturday.


Source: Yahoo! News: Australia & Oceania
 

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