This article is about the general mountain range and bioregion. For the group of heritage listed protected areas, see Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.
Australian Alps Australia
Mount Feathertop, Victoria
The interim Australian bioregions, with the Australian Alps in red
Area
12,330 km2 (4,760.6 sq mi)
State electorate(s)
Benambra
Brindabella
Gippsland East
Monaro
Ovens Valley
Federal division(s)
Eden-Monaro
Gippsland
Localities around Australian Alps:
NSW South Western Slopes
South Eastern Highlands
South Eastern Highlands
Riverina
Australian Alps
South East Corner
Victorian Midlands
South East Coastal Plain
South East Corner
Map of Australian Alps
The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an interim Australian bioregion,[1][2] and is the highest mountain range in Australia. The range straddles the borders of eastern Victoria, southeastern New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory. It contains Australia's only peaks exceeding 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in elevation, and is the only bioregion on the Australian mainland in which deep snow falls annually. The range comprises an area of 1,232,981 ha (3,046,760 acres).[3]
The Australian Alps are part of the Great Dividing Range, the series of mountain and hill ranges and tablelands that runs about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) from northern Queensland, through New South Wales, and into the northern part of Victoria.[4] This chain of highlands divides the drainage of the rivers that flow to the east into the Pacific Ocean from those that flow west into the drainage of the Murray–Darling Basin (and thence to the Southern Ocean) or into inland waters, such as Lake Eyre, which lie below sea level, or else evaporate rapidly.
The Australian Alps consist of two biogeographic sub regions: the Snowy Mountains, including the Brindabella Range, located in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; and the Victorian Alps, located in Victoria. The latter region is also known as the "High Country", particularly within a cultural or historical context.
^Environment Australia. Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report (Report). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
^IBRA Version 6.1 data
^"Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^"Geology of the Australian alps" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2013. The Australian Alps are the highest part of a larger entity, the Eastern Highlands of Australia...
The AustralianAlps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an interim Australian bioregion, and is the highest mountain range...
The Victorian Alps, also known locally as the High Country, is a large mountain system in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. Occupying the...
The AustralianAlps montane grasslands is a montane grassland ecoregion of south-eastern Australia, restricted to the montane regions above 1300 metres...
is extremely diverse, ranging from the snow-capped mountains of the AustralianAlps and Tasmania to large deserts, tropical and temperate forests, grasslands...
The AustralianAlps Walking Track is a long-distance walking trail through the alpine areas of Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. It is 655 km long...
place primarily in the AustralianAlps and Tasmania. Australia portal Oceania portal Outline of Australia Index of Australia-related articles International...
Skiing in Australia takes place in the AustralianAlps in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as well as in the...
The AustralianAlps National Parks and Reserves is a group of eleven protected areas consisting of national parks, nature reserves and one wilderness...
Kosciuszko National Park, part of the AustralianAlps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crackenback and...
eighth-largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the AustralianAlps, the...
first Extended play, Vallis Alps. Following the success of their debut EP, Vallis Alps announced their first Australian tour dates in August 2015, including...
ranges of hills, that occur in Australia. AustralianAlps Brindabella Range Great Dividing Range Allyn Range AustralianAlps Barrier Ranges Brindabella Range...
makes up the northeastern half of the AustralianAlps (the other half being the Victorian Alps) and contains Australia's five tallest peaks, all of which are...
2008, the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the AustralianAlps National Parks and Reserves. Multiple...
factors make it useful for determining past climate conditions in the AustralianAlps. The leaves are 1 cm long and 2–3 mm broad, green, often reddish-tinted...
area is one of cultural significance to the Aboriginal Australian peoples of the AustralianAlps region who inhabited the ACT region before European settlers...
The Southern Alps (Māori: Kā Tiritiri o te Moana; officially Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the...
It is rare in the AustralianAlps, being replaced there by the little raven. It occurs across Victoria and eastern South Australia, through the Eyre Peninsula...
Australia's climate is governed mostly by its size and by the hot, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt (subtropical ridge or Australian...
National Park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the AustralianAlps National Parks and Reserves. Ecologically...
its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the AustralianAlps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly. During the autumn and winter...
territories". Australian Government - Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2016. "Kosciuszko National Park". AustralianAlps National Parks. Australian Government...
lead up to large alpine or sub-alpine mountainous regions such as the AustralianAlps, Snowy Mountains, Great Dividing Range, Northern Tablelands and Blue...
northeast New Guinea, and also occurs in almost all Australian environments, from the snow-clad AustralianAlps to the deep deserts of the Outback, essentially...
subantarctic), and a few highland areas of Tasmania, the AustralianAlps and Southern Alps of New Zealand.[citation needed] This type of climate is even...
Victoria "AustralianAlps National Parks and Reserves: Statement of significance". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment, Australian Government...
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