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Wang Chung Stream - Dragon Ball Waterfall 橫涌石澗-龍珠瀑
Hong Kong

新娘潭橫涌石澗是香港九大石澗之一,包含煙水濛朧的龍珠瀑,碧水盈盈的霜碧潭,鬼斧神功的紅番石,還有如絲縈繞的繞絲溪,有行山人士形容橫涌石澗猶如人間樂土。

橫涌石澗的特色是山路、石路各半,愛探險者可爬懸崖登瀑布之巔,穩陣的可沿山路小徑行近石澗觀瀑布。若由新娘潭出發,即由涌尾石澗底部往橫山頭澗走,途中再經過數個有名或無名的深潭瀑布。船灣淡水湖先由山路入澗通往船灣淡水湖的地龍向上游進發,一瞬間就深入石塊、石坡及石崖之中。
由於澗容甚寬,相對地流水量卻不多,但石頭起伏不一。接着行山徑小路上瀑布頂,行約半小時,便到橫涌石澗最氣勢磅礡的龍珠潭及龍珠瀑布。
龍珠瀑分成上下兩層,兩層之間有一個龍珠潭,下層又另有龍珠下潭。上層瀑布高約8米,龍珠潭的邊長約4米,承接上層的河水,氣勢逼人,龍珠潭的東口平滑,潭水瀉出,一落11米,形成「龍珠下瀑」。下層瀑布的是一條飛瀑,另有三角形深潭,潭面不大。
橫涌石澗. 甫進澗道已是高崖互接流瀑相連, 連接得天衣無縫的龍珠上、下瀑, 龍珠瀑, 澗內勿隨意下水, 霜碧潭, 高處下瞰霜碧潭. 澗內非洲紫羅蘭, 短瀑清潭, 石面上的流
橫涌石澗,香港十大最美麗河溪之一,它位於八仙嶺北,其源頭來自黃嶺及八仙嶺一帶,水源會合後流經橫山腳下迂迴曲折的「繞絲溪」,再經有東北五潭之一號稱的「霜壁潭」及「龍珠瀑」,最後流入大埔船灣淡水湖。
This stream is made famous by this majestic waterfall, DragonBall Waterfall(龍珠瀑). This waterfall is dividied into upper and lower portion. The lower portion is taller than the upper half. This picture shows the lower half. The two portions add up to about 35M in height.

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Taken: 08/09/2013
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Tags: 橫涌石澗; 龍珠瀑; wang chung stream; dragon ball waterfall
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