Australian Alps

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SE Australia. Highest peak, Mt. Kosciusko, 7,328 feet (2,234 meters).

Australian Alps

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciuszko, 2195 m (7316 ft)

Example Sentences

Peatlands in the Australian Alps are a type of mossy wetland characterised by carbon-rich peat soil, formed from plants that have partially decomposed in wet, swampy conditions.

From Science Daily

They are everywhere, from the desert to the snowy Australian Alps, often heard but not seen.

From Washington Post

A series of unusually frequent blazes in the southeastern Australian Alps since 2003 has caused forest systems there to collapse, said David Bowman, a fire scientist at the University of Tasmania.

From Reuters

The horses, an invasive species whose populations are booming, must be removed because they are trampling ancient ecosystems in the Australian Alps already hurt by climate change, they say.

From New York Times

Young stands of mountain ash trees — which are not expected to burn because they have minimal foliage — have burned in the Australian Alps, the highest mountain range on the continent.

From Seattle Times