Australian north-east coast drainage division

Australian north-east coast drainage division

The north-east coast drainage division is the area of Queensland between the Great Dividing Range and the ocean. It lies between Torres Strait and an arbitrary line drawn along the Queensland - New South Wales border.

ee also

* Southwest corner of Western Australia
* Indian Ocean drainage division: see Pilbara region of Western Australia
* Timor Sea drainage division: see Top End and Kimberley region of Western Australia
* Gulf of Carpentaria
* Australian south-east coast drainage division
* Murray-Darling Basin
* South Australian gulf drainage division
* Lake Eyre Basin
* Western Plateau

References

[http://bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Northeast_coast_drainage_division north-east coast drainage division] at the [http://bird.net.au Biodiversity Information Resources and Data]


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