It extends for more than 3, kilometers from north to south and runs through the Australian states of Queensland , New South Wales , and Victoria. The range runs parallel to the coasts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland for about 3, kilometers with the width varying from to kilometers. The Great Dividing Range is a cordillera system, comprising mountain ranges, escarpments, hilly highlands, and plateaus. Topographically, the Great Divide begins in Queensland, where the elevation averages meters.
However, it rises to over 1, meters in Bellenden Ker Range. The plateaus and mountains of the Great Divide, created by the folding and faulting process, consist of sandstone, limestone, dolomite, schist, and quartzite. The rivers on the east and south drain into the neighboring water bodies, including the Pacific Ocean , Bass Strait , and the Tasman Sea, while those on the west flow westwards. The runoff from the western slopes flows into the Great Artesian Basin, the only reliable freshwater source for most parts of mainland Australia.
The rivers flowing along the mountain valleys supply water for projects like the Snowy Mountains and Upper Nepean Schemes. This region article is an extra-hierarchical region , describing a region that does not fit into the hierarchy Wikivoyage uses to organise most articles.
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