Snowy Mountains

Snowy Mountains

▪ mountains, Australia
 range in the Australian Alps, southeastern New South Wales, including several peaks that exceed 7,000 ft (2,100 m), notably Mt. Kosciusko, the highest in Australia. On their slopes rise the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut rivers, which flow inland, and the Snowy River, which flows southward to Bass Strait. Waters are diverted by aqueducts and tunnels and stored for power and irrigation by the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority (established 1949); the hydroelectric project includes 16 dams and several reservoirs (notably Lake Eucumbene; see photograph—>) and has a capacity of 3,740 megawatts. Snow-covered for three to six months, the range is a winter sports area and site of the Kosciusko National Park, which extends northward for 100 mi (160 km) from the Victoria border. Explored in 1840 by Paul Strzelecki, the mountains were originally called Muniong (Munyang), a name now applied to their northeastern extremity.

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