Great Dividing Range

American  

noun

1. a mountain range extending along the E coast of Australia: vast watershed region. 100 to 200 miles (160–320 km) wide.

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Great Dividing Range British  

plural noun

1. a series of mountain ranges and plateaus roughly parallel to the E coast of Australia, in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria; the highest range is the Australian Alps, in the south

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Example Sentences

They also looked at temperature and precipitation on their own, over an area of the states of New South Wales and Victoria between the Great Dividing Range mountain system and the coast.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2020

A 100,000ha fire at Corryong, on the northern side of the Great Dividing Range, and another fire of a similar size in NSW, are also at risk of combining.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2020

Significant fires burning may impact communities from the Great Dividing Range to the coast between Bairnsdale and Marlo.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2019

While Meghan and Harry are west of the Great Dividing Range, it’s the perfect opportunity to grab a couple of swags and a troopy and head off down a red dirt track.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2018

The Great Dividing Range runs this way and I am on the leeside toward the sea.

From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen