The Great Dividing Range is Australia’s largest mountain range, stretching more than 3500 kilometres, reaches 2228 m in high and ranked the 3rd longest land based mountain range in the world. Mountain ranges, like the Great Dividing Range are usually created when two land or land and sea tectonic plates push against each and are forced to move upwards, when Australia collided with what is now parts of South America and New Zealand forced a upwards movement that created the Great Dividing range, mountain ranges like the Himalayas continue to grow in height due to this. Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate and therefore the Great Dividing Range will not grow any further height but was created when two plates were pushing together.
Apart from being a major aspect of Australian geography, The Great Dividing Range also divides the east coast from the inland, has a major influence on the climate of the eastern part of Australia, it’s the home to many native Australian plants and animals that don’t grow anywhere else and one of the most important sources of water to Australians. Some icon features of the Great Dividing Range include, the Blue Mountains, 3 sisters and Mt Kosciuszko. |
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