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Where does the Great Dividing Range extend across Australia?
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The Great Dividing Range is a series of plateaus and low mountain ranges that roughly parallel the eastern coast of Australia.12
Spanning approximately 2,300 miles (3,700 km), the system extends across the following regions:
- Queensland: It begins in the north on the Cape York Peninsula.12
- New South Wales: The range continues southward, including the Australian Alps near the border with Victoria, which features the country's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.12
- Victoria: The highlands bend westward to terminate in the Grampians.2
Additionally, a southern spur of the range emerges from the Bass Strait to form the central uplands of Tasmania. As the primary watershed of eastern Australia, the range serves as the source for many of the continent's principal rivers.32