Transcript Great Dividing Range

Great Dividing Range
By Elise
It’s on the East coast of Australia, in Australasia The
range runs parallel to the East coast of Australia,
from Cape York in the North to Western Victoria in
the south. Tasmania, Australia's island state which
lies even further south, is also a part of this massive
and ancient mountain range.
Where is it?
It is home to an amazing
array of plants and animals
that don't exist anywhere
else on earth. It is the source
of their longest rivers and
highest mountains.
The Wollemi Pine, recently
found growing in a gorge of
the Blue Mountains, is a
living dinosaur of the plant
world. Twenty-three of the
35 known species of the
carab beetle live on just one
mountain top in northern
Queensland, at the top of
the Great Dividing Range.
What is the landscape like?
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If you search on the
internet for holidays to the
Great Dividing Range many
operators appear, below is a
link to one that offers a
three day driving holiday
across the range starting at
Brisbane.
Click here to go to this website.
How can you
get there?
Your going to have
to fly there if you
want to get there
at a sensible time
because it’s on the
other side of the
world. Queensland
is the nearest state
to fly to.
There are walking trails.
 You can ski.
 National parks to visit.
 Hangliding.
 Fishing.
 Bush walking.
 Lake Eildon National Park
holds water sports.
 Rock climbing.
 Cycling.
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What people do in the area?
The Great Dividing Range has it beginnings
many millions of years ago when the
continents of earth were fused together as
the Gondwana land mass. A huge uplift in
the earth's crust occurred over millions of
years. This was just after the extinction of
the dinosaurs and during the time that
modern humans first appeared.
 As the ranges eroded over millions of years,
the high mountain tops became islands.
Populations of animal species which used
to live across large areas became
concentrated on the mountains and groups
became separated from each other. Over
many thousands of years, this separation
meant that species evolved independently
and this led to many variations in species.
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History on the Great
Dividing Range ?
Some of the mountains in the range…
Thank you for
listening!!!