Hello I'm French. Can you explain to me the difference between the Snowy Mountains and the Australian Alps. th

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Answer 1

The Australian Alps are the highest mountain ranges of mainland Australia. They are located in south-eastern Australia, straddling far southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria. The Alps contain the Australian mainland's only peaks exceeding 2,000 metres AHD and it is only here that snow occurs regularly.

The Australian Alps are part of the Great Dividing Range, the series of mountains and plateaus which run about 3,000 kilometres from northern Queensland to central Victoria. These highlands divide the rivers and streams which flow eastwards into the Pacific Ocean, from those rivers and streams which flow inland to the Murray River system or internal catchments. The highlands reach their greatest height in the Alps. The Snowy Mountains in New South Wales are part of the Alps.

Answer 2

The Australian Alps are the high country in southeastern Australia which include Australia's highest mountains. The border between the States of Victoria and New South Wales runs through the mountain range. The mountains to the north of the border are called the Snowy Mountains, to the south the Victorian Alps.

Answer 3

Geographers call them the Alps, but most of us say either "the Snowy Mountains" in NSW or "the High Country" in Victoria; no European would recognise them as Alps. They have alpine climate and vegetation, but they are not geologically active. They look like big steep hills with the occasional cliff, not jagged mountains, and there is no permanent snow or glaciers.