great dividing range

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A chain of mountains curving along the eastern coast of Australia. Main watershed of eastern Australia. It comprises a series of plateaus and mountain ranges roughly paralleling the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, Austl. Beginning in the north on the Cape York Peninsula, Queen., the range heads south to become the Australian Alps near the New South Wales-Victoria border. Bending west in Victoria, the range ends in the Grampians, while a southern spur emerges from the Bass Strait to form the central uplands of Tasmania. The range stretches for 2,300 mi (3,700 km). First traversed in 1813 by Europeans moving into the Australian Outback, the region is now important for agriculture, lumbering, and mining, and national parks attract tourists
a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
great dividing range

    Hyphenation

    great di·vid·ing range

    Turkish pronunciation

    greyt dîvaydîng reync

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgrāt dəˈvīdəɴɢ ˈrānʤ/ /ˈɡreɪt dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈreɪnʤ/
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