Great Escarpment of eastern Australia

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escarpment geological formation landform

The Great Escarpment of eastern Australia is a vast, steep geological formation running parallel to much of Australia’s east coast, marking the dramatic boundary between the coastal plains and the inland plateau.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Great Dividing Range foothills 1
Great Dividing Range uplands 1
Great Escarpment of eastern Australia canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf escarpment ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
landform ⓘ
affects climate gradients between coast and inland ⓘ
associatedWith biodiversity gradients along elevation ⓘ
characterizedBy deeply incised valleys ⓘ
dramatic relief ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
contains cliff lines ⓘ
conservation reserves ⓘ
eucalypt forests ⓘ
gorges ⓘ
national parks ⓘ
rainforest remnants ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
extendsAlong eastern Australia ⓘ
surface form: east coast of Australia
formedBy retreat of the escarpment inland over time ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ
surface form: Great Dividing Range plateau

coastal plains of eastern Australia ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic
geologicalProcess erosion ⓘ
tectonic uplift ⓘ
hasMaximumReliefUpTo about 1000 metres ⓘ
higherInlandElevation Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ
surface form: Great Dividing Range plateau
importantFor ecological connectivity ⓘ
scenic landscapes ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
influences drainage patterns of eastern Australia ⓘ
river systems flowing inland ⓘ
river systems flowing to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Australia ⓘ
lowerCoastalSide coastal lowlands of eastern Australia ⓘ
notableSection Blue Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Blue Mountains escarpment

Dorrigo Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Dorrigo escarpment

New England Tablelands ⓘ
surface form: New England escarpment
orientation north–south ⓘ
parallelTo coastline of eastern Australia ⓘ
partOf Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ
surface form: Great Dividing Range
region New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
separates coastal plains of eastern Australia ⓘ
inland plateau of eastern Australia ⓘ
studiedIn geomorphology of Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Illawarra Escarpment → partOf → Great Escarpment of eastern Australia ⓘ
Gloucester River headwaters → partOf → Great Escarpment of eastern Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Dividing Range uplands
Numinbah Valley → partOf → Great Escarpment of eastern Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Dividing Range foothills