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The Dividing Range does not consist of a single continuous mountain chain, but is rather a combined complex of mountain ranges, plateaus, hilly upland areas and escarpments with an ancient and complex geological history. The physiographic division name for the landmass is called the East Australian Cordillera.
The Warrumbungles is a mountain range in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.The nearest town is Coonabarabran.The area is easiest accessed from the Newell Highway which is the major road link directly between Melbourne, Victoria and Brisbane, Queensland and cuts across inland New South Wales from the north to the south.
Aspects of traditional Aboriginal land use and culture have been documented from the period of first contact [8] to present. [9] Aboriginal people with ties to the region seek to maintain their culture today, [10] despite a long period of forced removal from their lands following European occupation in the late 19th-early 20th century. [11] [12]
East Antarctica: West Antarctica: Australia: East Australian Basins: Carpentaria Basin: Gulf of Carpentaria: Kynuna Platform: Great Artesian Basin: Wilcannia Threshold Murray Basin: Naracoorte Platform Encounter Shelf East Australian Cordillera: Cape York Platform: Coen Belt Torres Strait Islands: North Queensland Highlands: Chillagoe Belt ...
This area is a distinct physiographic section of the larger Western Victorian Highlands province, which, in turn, is part of the larger East Australian Cordillera physiographic division — commonly known as the Great Dividing Range — a series of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills forming out of the Wimmera plains just to the west of the Grampians, staying close to the east ...
The highest point in the Blue Mountains, as it is now defined, is an unnamed point with an elevation of 1,189 m (3,901 ft) AHD, located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of Lithgow. However, the highest point in the broader region that was once considered to be the Blue Mountains is Mount Bindo , with an elevation 1,362 m (4,469 ft) AHD . [ 5 ]
Cordillera Central of Luzon and Southern Pacific Cordillera of Mindanao in the Philippines; Cordilleras Béticas, Central and Cantábrica (including the Picos de Europa) in Spain; East Australian Cordillera, more commonly known as the Great Dividing Range, the most significant topographic feature of the east coast of Australia
The McIlwraith Range is a rugged, dissected granite plateau on Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.Part of the Great Dividing Range, the McIlwraith Range covers about 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) and lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the town of Coen, and 550 kilometres (340 mi) north of Cairns.