New England Range

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New England Range is a mountainous subregion of Australia’s Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, known for its high plateaus, national parks, and cool-climate landscapes.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
subrange of the Great Dividing Range
adjacentTo coastal lowlands of northern New South Wales
climateCharacteristic frequent frosts in winter at higher elevations
mild summers compared to nearby lowlands
contains Eastern Highlands
surface form: New England Tableland

Northern Tablelands
containsProtectedArea Barrington Tops
surface form: Barrington Tops National Park

Cathedral Rock National Park
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
surface form: Guy Fawkes River National Park

New England National Park
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
Werrikimbe National Park
continent Australia
country Australia
drainedBy Clarence River
Guy Fawkes River
MacLeay River
Manning River
geology Palaeozoic rocks
granite intrusions
metamorphic rocks
hasBiodiversity habitat for many endemic plant and animal species
hasClimate cool temperate climate in higher elevations
hasFeature deep river gorges
escarpments
plateaus
waterfalls
highestPointRegion Northern Tablelands
knownFor cool-climate landscapes
high plateaus
national parks
tablelands
locatedIn eastern Australia
northern New South Wales
partOf Great Dividing Range (part)
surface form: Great Dividing Range
regionType mountainous subregion of the Great Dividing Range
usedFor forestry
grazing
nature-based tourism
vegetation eucalypt forests
rainforest patches in sheltered gorges
subalpine woodlands in higher areas

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Highlands contains New England Range
this entity surface form: New England Plateau
Great Dividing Range (part) contains New England Range
subject surface form: Great Dividing Range
Guyra locatedIn New England Range
this entity surface form: New England High Country
Sydney Basin overlies New England Range
this entity surface form: New England Fold Belt