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South Australia topographic map

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Name: South Australia topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: South Australia, Australia (-38.11331 129.00140 -25.99639 141.00278)

Average elevation: 361 ft

Minimum elevation: -52 ft

Maximum elevation: 3,911 ft

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Perth

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Brisbane

Australia > Queensland > Brisbane

Average elevation: 148 ft

Canberra

Australia

The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells…

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Average elevation: 138 ft

Great Dividing Range

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Darwin

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Average elevation: 26 ft

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Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 46 ft

Gosford

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 246 ft

Gold Coast

Australia > Queensland > Gold Coast

Average elevation: 138 ft

Sydney

Australia > New South Wales

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Average elevation: 105 ft

Mackay

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Average elevation: 43 ft

Hervey Bay

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 20 ft

Darwin

Australia > City of Darwin

Average elevation: 26 ft

Emerald

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 594 ft

Townsville

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 98 ft

Atherton

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 2,651 ft

Launceston

Australia > Tasmania > Launceston

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Average elevation: 715 ft

Manly Dam

Australia > New South Wales > Sydney

Average elevation: 167 ft

Busselton

Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 13 ft

Grafton

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 118 ft

Albany

Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 98 ft

Wollongong

Australia > New South Wales > Wollongong

Average elevation: 377 ft

Kurrali Park Homestead

Australia > Queensland > Moranbah

Average elevation: 755 ft

Mount Selma

Australia > Victoria

Average elevation: 4,032 ft

Bathurst

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 2,493 ft

Gympie

Australia > Queensland > Gympie

Average elevation: 407 ft

Toowoomba

Australia > Queensland

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Average elevation: 1,503 ft

Mount Saint Gwinear

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Average elevation: 4,603 ft

Hale River

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Average elevation: 1,483 ft

Malabar Beach

Australia > New South Wales > Sydney

Average elevation: 72 ft

Mount Dandenong

Australia > Victoria > Melbourne

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Average elevation: 1,296 ft

Warragamba Dam

Australia > New South Wales > Sydney > Warragamba

Average elevation: 512 ft

Hunter Valley

Australia > New South Wales > Cessnock

Average elevation: 230 ft

Sunshine Coast

Australia > Queensland > Sunshine Coast Regional

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Bendigo

Australia > Victoria

Average elevation: 732 ft

Canberra

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Thredbo

Australia > New South Wales > Thredbo

Average elevation: 5,361 ft

Ipswich

Australia > Queensland > Ipswich

Average elevation: 240 ft

Gibson Desert

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Mount Kosciuszko

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Average elevation: 6,677 ft

Jindabyne

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Average elevation: 3,225 ft

Dubbo

Australia > New South Wales > Dubbo

Average elevation: 1,007 ft

Stanthorpe

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Owing to its elevation, Stanthorpe features a subtropical highland climate. At an altitude of 811 metres (2,661 ft), Stanthorpe holds the record for the lowest temperature recorded in Queensland at −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) on 23 June 1961. Sleet and light snowfalls are occasionally recorded, with the most…

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Ballarat

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Cairns

Australia > Queensland

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Queanbeyan

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Average elevation: 2,349 ft

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Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 2,808 ft

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Average elevation: 2,041 ft

Melbourne

Australia > Victoria

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Tamworth

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Average elevation: 1,604 ft

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Average elevation: 466 ft

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Average elevation: 52 ft

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Average elevation: 594 ft

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Average elevation: 6,598 ft

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Average elevation: 2,822 ft

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Average elevation: 1,365 ft

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Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 26 ft

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Australia > Queensland > Bundaberg Region

Average elevation: 59 ft

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Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 1,079 ft

Sandy Hook

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 1,886 ft

Great Sandy Desert

Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 394 ft

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Australia > New South Wales > Gungal

Average elevation: 728 ft

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Average elevation: 0 ft

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Average elevation: 1,194 ft

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Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 807 ft

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Australia > Victoria > Melbourne

Average elevation: 72 ft

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Average elevation: 686 ft

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Australia > Victoria

Average elevation: 3,855 ft

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Average elevation: 1,955 ft

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Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 574 ft

Gladstone

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 79 ft

Narone Creek

Australia > New South Wales > Wollombi

Average elevation: 577 ft

Ocean Grove

Australia > Victoria > Ocean Grove

Average elevation: 52 ft

Tweed Heads

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 10 ft

Hull River

Australia

Average elevation: 1,919 ft

Yarra Ridge

Australia > Victoria > Melbourne

Average elevation: 692 ft

Sue City

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 2,726 ft

Edithvale wetlands

Australia > Victoria > Melbourne

Average elevation: 20 ft

Mount Lofty

Australia > South Australia

Average elevation: 1,818 ft

Toowoomba

Australia > Queensland

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Average elevation: 1,503 ft

Ballina

Australia > New South Wales > Ballina

Average elevation: 13 ft

Mount Wombat

Australia > Victoria

Average elevation: 1,988 ft

Rockhampton

Australia > Queensland

Average elevation: 157 ft

Dairy Mountain

Australia > New South Wales

Average elevation: 2,438 ft

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Australia > Victoria > Melbourne

The Yarra Valley is the region surrounding the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. The river originates approximately 240 km (150 mi) east of the Melbourne central business district and flows towards it and out into Port Phillip Bay. The name Yarra Valley is used in reference to the upper regions surrounding…

Average elevation: 1,001 ft

Kimberley

Australia > Western Australia

Average elevation: 899 ft

Miranda Park

Australia > New South Wales > Sydney

Average elevation: 128 ft

Sawtell Main Beach

Australia > New South Wales > Sawtell

Average elevation: 13 ft