Carnarvon Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in Queensland, Australia}}
{{for|the mountain in Western Australia|Carnarvon Range (Western Australia)}}
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| country = Australia
| state = Queensland
| region = Central Queensland
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| range = Great Dividing Range
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The Carnarvon Range is a mountain range in Central Queensland, Australia. It is a plateau section of the Great Dividing Range. The Carnarvon Range is 160 km in length.{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/96266/Carnarvon-Range |title=Carnarvon Range (plateau, Queensland, Australia) |accessdate=2009-06-22 |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia }}
Geography
North eastern parts of the range have formed a plateau known as the Consuelo Tableland. The plateau contains Aboriginal paintings and sandstone gorges, including in the Carnarvon Gorge. Part of the range is protected within the Carnarvon National Park.{{cite web|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/carnarvon-mount-moffat/culture.html|title=Mount Moffatt, Carnarvon National Park|publisher=Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science|accessdate=30 January 2019}}
File:StateLibQld 1 151535 Rainforest in the Carnarvon Range, 1938.jpg in the Carnarvon Range, 1938]]
The range marks the northernmost limits of the Murray-Darling Basin and is the headwaters for a number of rivers including the Fitzroy River, Warrego River, Dawson River, Merivale River and the Nogoa River.
History
Gungabula (also known as Kongabula and Khungabula) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall and as well as the Carnarvon Range.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/67|title=Gungabula|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}
It was first explored by Ludwig Leichhardt but named by Thomas Mitchell, probably after the 4th Earl of Carnarvon.{{cite web |title=Carnarvon Gorge - Human history |url=https://www.carnarvongorge.info/human-history-of-carnarvon-gorge |publisher=Carnarvon Gorge Discovery Centre |accessdate=30 January 2019}}{{clear left}}
Environment
File:Aboriginal art Carnarvon Gorge.jpg]]
The cycad species Macrozamia moorei is a native plant species found naturally in the Carnarvon Range.
See also
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