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	Australian Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The Alps are important for conservation, recreation and as a water catchment, with much of the eastern slopes' runoff diverted into the Murray River and its tributary the Murrumbidgee River through the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
		The Australian Alps are mostly considerably less steep in character than their European counterparts, and most peaks can be reached without specialised mountaineering equipment (though there are some cliffs suitable for abseiling and rock climbing).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Alps (454 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Alps
		The Eastern Alps are commonly subdivided according to the different geological composition of the more central parts of the Alps and the groups at its northern and southern fringes: Northern Limestone Alps, Central Eastern Alps and Southern Limestone Alps.
		The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
		The Alps arose as a result of the pressure exerted on sediments of the Tethys Ocean basin as its Mesozoic and early Cenozoic strata were pushed against the stable Eurasian landmass by the northward-moving African landmass.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Alps (1210 words)

	Australian English definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Australian English is the English language as used in the Commonwealth of Australia, population over 19 million, which is, with Canada, third in size and distinctness among the primary English-speaking countries.
		Australian English is markedly homogeneous, with three kinds of accent: (1) Cultivated Australian, similar to Received Pronunciation in the United Kingdom, and formerly highly regarded; (2) Broad Australian, often compared with British Cockney; and (3) General Australian, the majority variety, occupying the social middle ground.
		Australian English and British English spelling are generally identical (with some ambivalence in the -or/our endings, most notably in U.S.-style Labor, the name of a political party).
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861695776/Australian_English.html (240 words)

	Australian Alps montane grasslands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Alps montane grasslands is a montane grassland ecoregion of Australia, restricted to the montane regions of south-eastern Australia above 1300 metres (the upper altitudinal limit of Eucalyptus pauciflora).
		This region occupies less than 3 % of the Australian landmass and straddles the borders of the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and New South Wales on the Australian mainland, as well as a significant element in Tasmania.
		On the Australian mainland, the Australian Alps montane grasslands are surrounded at lower elevations by the Southeast Australia temperate forests ecoregion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Alps_montane_grasslands (313 words)

	Australia's Report to the UNCSD on the Implementation of Agenda 21 1995 - Mountains
		The Australian Alps form the largest area of mountainous country, extending from the Brindabella Range near Canberra, through the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and the Great Dividing Range of Victoria, to the north-east of Melbourne.
		The significance of successful inter-agency cooperation in the Alps is highlighted by the fact that the Mountain Working Group of the IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas is proposing a workshop on the MOU to be held in the Australian Alps during 1995.
		Australian expertise in dryland agricultural methods has been used to improve the sustainability of agricultural practices in a number of marginal mountain environments in Asia and the Pacific.
	www.deh.gov.au /commitments/uncsd/publications/csd1995/mountn.html (1076 words)

	Australian aborigines articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Australian literature AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE [Australian literature] the literature of Australia.
		She is regarded as one of the most important Australian writers of the 20th cent.
		In Australia (1833-45) he was a magistrate, explorer, and writer on Australian geography, and had a reputation for sympathy for the aborigines.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00918.html (430 words)

	Snowy Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Snowy Mountains (known for short as the Snowies) are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainland's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2228 metres above sea level.
		They are located in southern New South Wales and are part of the larger Australian Alps and the Great Dividing Range.
		It is one of the centres of the Australian snow industry during the winter months.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snowy_Mountains (274 words)

	Australian Alps articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Australian Alps AUSTRALIAN ALPS [Australian Alps] chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, making up the southern part of the Eastern Highlands and forming the watershed between the Murray River system and streams flowing into the Tasman Sea.
		Alps, Australian ALPS, AUSTRALIAN [Alps, Australian] see Australian Alps.
		Murrumbidgee MURRUMBIDGEE [Murrumbidgee], river, c.1,050 mi (1,690 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, Australia, and flowing generally W to the Murray River on the Victoria border.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00919.html (402 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Australian Alps montane grasslands (AA1001)
		While the Australian Alps do not reach high elevations by world standards, they are of special importance on a continental scale because they differ so dramatically from the rest of flat, dry, and drought-plagued Australia.
		The Australian Alps are also unusual because they have well-formed soils all the way up to the highest summits, as a result of their extreme age.
		Due to its immense value as a water catchment area, the Australian Alps were first protected in the late 1800s and early 1900s when livestock grazing was restricted and then later, banned altogether (Good 1995).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1001_full.html (1787 words)

	Search Results for "Alps"
		Alps, great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean...
		...Julian Alps, mountain range, NE Italy and NW Slovenia, between the Carnic Alps and the Dinaric Alps, rising to 9,396 ft (2,864 m) in Triglav, the highest peak in...
		...Australian Alps, chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, making up the southern part of the Eastern Highlands and forming the watershed between the Murray River system...
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	Alps articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Alps ALPS [Alps] great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the borders of N Italy and adjacent regions of SE France, Switzerland, SW Germany, and Austria, and into Slovenia.
		Julian Alps JULIAN ALPS [Julian Alps] mountain range, NE Italy and NW Slovenia, between the Carnic Alps and the Dinaric Alps, rising to 9,396 ft (2,864 m) in Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia.
		Alp Arslan ALP ARSLAN [Alp Arslan], 1029-72, Seljuk sultan of Persia (1063-72).
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00383.html (481 words)

	The Australian Alps Education Kit- An Introduction
		The Australian Alps are our highest mountain country, a magnificent area with rugged and spectacular landscapes, a rich natural and human heritage, with importance for present and future generations.
		There are many similarities throughout the Australian Alps, such as the presence of snow gums and the repetition of vegetation gradient patterns.
		Much later the natural values of the Australian Alps were recognised as being highly significant, particularly in relation to water catchment and recreation.
	www.australianalps.deh.gov.au /publications/edukit/introduc.html (1398 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Australian Alps montane grasslands (AA1001)
		The Australian Alps comprise the southeastern portion of the Great Dividing Range, or Eastern Highlands, a vast chain of high elevation areas that extend along the east coast of Australia from Tasmania to Cape York.
		Four main floristic zones are recognized for the Australian Alps: tableland, which goes up to 1,100 m in elevation; montane (between 1,100 m and 1,400 m); subalpine (between 1,400 m and 1,850 m); and alpine (normally above 1,850 m) (Good 1995).
		The ancient, weathered Australian Alps are distinct from neighboring mountains: both the New Zealand Alps and the Tasmanian mountains have sharp, spiky peaks as a result of extensive glaciation and the alpine herbfield element is weakly developed in Tasmanian Mountains because snow cover there is short-lived.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1001_full.html (1787 words)

	IUCN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		They span two Australian States and a Territory and are found to the north and east of Melbourne and to the south and west of Sydney.
		The Australian Alps bushland in March 2003 is regenerating, though some long lasting impacts to catchments and to some species have occurred.
		The Australian Alps are tinder dry in one of south eastern Australia's driest years on record.
	www.iucn.org /wcpa/biome/mountain/australiafiresfeb03.htm (2385 words)

	Australian Alps Publications
		Alves, Lesley and Australian Alps Liaison Committee (1994) Recreation and the development of ski resorts and land management and the environment in the Victorian Alps.
		Flood, Josephine (1980) The moth hunters: Aboriginal prehistory of the Australian Alps.
		Scougall, B. Cultural heritage of the Australian Alps : proceedings of the sympsium held at Jindabyne New South Wales 16-18 October 1991.
	www.anbg.gov.au /library/alps.html (642 words)

	List of References
		In: The Scientific Significance of the Australian Alps: The Proceedings of the First Fenner Conference on the Environment.
		Australian Academy of Science (1957) A Report on the Condition of the High Mountain Catchments of New South Wales and Victoria.
		Davey, A. (1989) An overview of the national and international significance of the Australian Alps.
	www.cowpaddock.com /references.html (2100 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Australian Alps montane grasslands (AA1001)
		The Australian Alps constitute only three tenths of one percent of the total land area found in Australia, but they receive nearly 25 percent of the countryâs precipitation.
		The Australian Alps are more than 372 miles (600 km) long, passing through New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory.
		The Alps are known for their colorful wildflowers, which all bloom at about the same time.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1001.html (537 words)

	VNPA Campaigns - Alpine Issues - Discovering Mountains conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		So we have inherited a situation where, through an accident of history, management of the alpine bioregion of the south-eastern Australian mainland, and the associated bioregions of the eastern and western slopes, are severed by State and Territory borders.
		The Australian Alps Liaison Committee (AALC) has already been involved in programs promoting indigenous involvement in the region, and we look forward to the proposed new Memorandum of Understanding, which we understand advances this co-operation.
		Firstly, the Australian Alps Liaison Committee, under an extended Memorandum of Understanding, has the capacity to evolve into a body capable of co-ordinating policy for the new park.
	www.vnpa.org.au /campaigns/alps/2002conference.htm (3244 words)

	Australia landforms by World Atlas
		The Murray rises in the Australian Alps and flows 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Spencer Gulf, directly west of Adelaide.
		The highest point is Mt. Kosciusko in the Australian Alps at 7,310 ft. (2,228 m) high.
		Along the southern coastline on the Great Australian Bight, (Bight: a bend or curve in the shoreline) the local terrain is unparalleled.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/aussnewld.htm (1079 words)

	Australian Alps national parks home
		Find out what is happening in the Australian Alps national parks and the Cooperative Management Program.
		The Australian Alps education kit has information on park management and conservation, recreation and tourism, landforms and climate, plants and animals, fire, and people, past and present.
		As a well-watered, snow-clad and mountainous area in a mostly dry and flat continent, the Australian Alps with 1.6 million hectares of protected areas are of great significance.
	www.australianalps.deh.gov.au (196 words)

	Potential Effects of Global Warming on the Biota of the Australian Alps
		If you are unable to access these documents, please contact the Australian Greenhouse Office to organise a suitable alternative format.
		These studies are complemented by research work being carried out as part of two worldwide alpine area climate change projects in which the authors are involved: GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments) and the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) program.
		Australian Greenhouse Office, Dept of the Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia - Phone: +61 02 6274 1888
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /impacts/publications/alps.html (355 words)

	Australian Alps national parks - International Year of Mountains 2002
		A conference with a range of partners celebrating and exploring the Australian Alps.
		Australian Alps; what to do; where to go; how to protect etc. 180,000 copies will be distributed in regional papers
		Australian Alps Education Kit which was produced a number of years ago, to better address web access,
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/24780/20020506/www.australianalps.ea.gov.au/iym.html (414 words)

	Australian Alps
		Australian Alps - Australian Alps, chain of mountain ranges, SE Australia, making up the southern part of the Eastern...
		Mount Townsend - Townsend, Mount, 7,260 ft (2,213 m) high, SE New South Wales, in the Australian Alps.
		Snowy Mountains - Snowy Mountains, range of the Australian Alps, SE Australia.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0910159.html (109 words)

	AIAS: Databases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		All references on the Australian Alps are included in a special bibliography, The Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Australian Alps, also to be shortly available in database format.
		An earlier edition of this bibliography was first compiled cooperatively between the Australian Hertitage Commission and the Australian Alps Liaison Committee in hardcopy format in 1993.
		This bibliography has been created for the use of staff of each agency of the Australian Alps Liaison Committee, the staff of the Australian Heritage Commission, and members of the general public who are interested in the area of alpine research.
	www.aias.org.au /resources/data.html (446 words)

	National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Mountains
		The highest mountains on the Australian mainland are in an area known as the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, part of the Great Dividing Range which separates the central lowlands from the eastern highlands.
		The Victorian Alps are a mecca for bushwalking and horse-riding in the summer, and cross-country and downhill skiing in the winter.
		Heard Island is well south of the Australian continent (73°30' East, 53°05' South), approaching the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
	www.ga.gov.au /education/facts/landforms/highmtns.htm (333 words)

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