Carnarvon Range
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 Carnarvon Range |
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| location | Queensland | |
| part of | Great dividing range | |
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 24 ′ S , 148 ° 37 ′ E | |
The Carnarvon Range is a mountain country in central Queensland , Australia . It is a 160 km long plateau and part of the Great Dividing Range . It was first explored by the European explorer Ludwig Leichhardt and Thomas Livingstone Mitchell named it after Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon .
The eastern areas form a plateau, the Consuelo Tableland . There are rare Aboriginal paintings and impressive sandstone gorges , including Carnarvon Gorge . The Carnarvon National Park protects large parts of the mountains .
The mountain country marks the northernmost extension of the Murray-Darling Basin . This is where the Fitzroy River , the Warrego River , the Dawson River , the Merivale River and the Nogoa River have their source .
The cycad species Macrozamia moorei grows in the Carnarvon Range .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Carnarvon Range (plateau, Queensland, Australia) . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 22, 2009.