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प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer
The Great Dividing Range is so-called because:
पर्याय
it divides Australia into two halves
it is very high
it acts as a watershed between the rivers flowing to the east and those flowing westwards
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उत्तर
It acts as a watershed between the rivers flowing to the east and those flowing westwards
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