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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.
The landforms of Earth are generally divided into physiographic regions, consisting of physiographic provinces, which in turn consist of physiographic sections, [1] [2] [3] though some others use different terminology, such as realms, regions and subregions. [4]
The Eastern Highlands, or Great Dividing Range, lie near the eastern coast of Australia, separating the relatively narrow eastern coastal plain from the rest of the continent. These Eastern Australian temperate forests have the greatest relief, the most rainfall, the most abundant and varied flora and fauna, and the densest human settlement.
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 ...
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]
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
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