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Not something I would expect to be an Australian landscape: https://markoates.exposure.co/australian-alps-walking-track/photos/5695892 https://markoates.exposur

• ceejayoz 8y ago
  People forget Australia's the size of the continental US, with basically the same sort of climate and ecosystem variance as you'd see between Maine and Florida.
  • jessriedel 8y ago
    The parent links to a snowy mountain ridge. The tallest mountain in Australia is 7,300 feet (2,200 m), which is lower than foothills of the Rocky Mountains for a thousand-mile stretch. Snowy mountain vistas really are much rarer in Australia than the US, despite the similar land area. I'd also guess that, due to the extreme arid interior, Australia has less climate and ecological variation overall than the continental US, but I don't know how to quantify that to check.
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      If you're going "variation per square mile", the Outback is gonna throw things way off. Travel from Darwin to Hobart - especially in the winter - and you'll get quite a bit of difference in climate, wildlife, views etc. The Adirondacks in the US get plenty of snow, incidentally, only being in the 4000s of feet. Height isn't the only parameter. I learned to ski at the "Big D" at Mt. Hotham. :-D
      • jessriedel 8y ago
        Hobart as in Tazmania, more than 2,000 miles away from Darwin? I'm willing to bet I can pick a 2k-mile straight line through the continental US that has more variation, but we would need a way to quantify it.
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