the great dividing range runs along the east coast of australia.
which range runs along the east coast of australia?
great dividing range
leichhardt range





















































the leichhardt range, part of the great dividing range, is a mountain range located in north queensland, australia.





















































the range runs parallel with the coast about west of mackay and has an average elevation of . it is composed of a series of rugged hills with folded granite and granodiorite. the age of the rocks vary from ordovician (490 to 434 million years) to late carboniferous (325 to 298 million years). these are interspersed with areas of volcanic rhyolite of the cambrian period (545 to 490 million years) at the southern edge.
leichhardt range
it frequents areas of ocean with water temperatures from and salinity under 35% in the southern hemisphere and 33.5% in the northern hemisphere. in the pacific ocean, the southern boundary of its range runs along the summer surface isotherm. the warm waters of the leeuwin current facilitate the species nesting at cape leeuwin in southwestern australia, yet is only a rare visitor to new south wales at corresponding latitudes on the australian east coast.
red-tailed tropicbird