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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.
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]
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.
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 current Australian continental mass is composed of a thick subcontinental lithosphere, over 200 kilometres (120 mi) thick in the western two-thirds and 100 kilometres (62 mi) thick in the younger eastern third. The Australian continental crust, excluding the thinned margins, has an average thickness of 38 kilometres (24 mi), with a range in ...
Map of hotspots. The East Australia hotspot is marked 30 on map. View inside the crater of Mount Schank from the rim. The East Australia hotspot (which is now believed by some scientists to represent multiple hotspots including a southwestern Cosgrove hotspot) is a volcanic province in southeast Australia which includes the Peak Range in central Queensland, the Main Range on the Queensland-New ...
MacDonnell Ranges is also the name given to an interim Australian bioregion broadly encompassing the mountain range, with an area of 3,929,444 hectares (9,709,870 acres). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The range is a 644 km (400 mi) long series of mountains in central Australia , consisting of parallel ridges running to the east and west of Alice Springs .