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PRONUNCIATION OF HAMERSLEY RANGE

Hamersley Range  [ˈhæməzlɪ] play
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WHAT DOES HAMERSLEY RANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hamersley Range

Hamersley Range

The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara, Western Australia. The range runs from the Fortescue River in the northeast, 460 km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry, which reaches approximately 1,249 metres (4,098 ft) AHD. There are many extensively-eroded gorges, such as Wittenoom Gorge. The twenty highest peaks in Western Australia are in the Hamersley Range. Geologically, they are some of the most ancient regions of the earth's crust known as the Pilbara craton. Some of the Peaks found in the range include Mount Bruce (1,234 metres (4,049 ft)), Mount Nameless (1,115 metres (3,658 ft)), Mount Reeder Nichols (1,109 metres (3,638 ft)), Mount Samson (1,107 metres (3,632 ft)), Mount Truchanas (1,148 metres (3,766 ft)) and Mount Tom Price (775 metres (2,543 ft)). Karijini National Park (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest National Parks, is centred in the range. Paraburdoo and the Hamersley Range from the air The range contains large deposits of iron ore, the source of a large proportion of Australia's iron ore.

Definition of Hamersley Range in the English dictionary

The definition of Hamersley Range in the dictionary is a mountain range in N Western Australia: iron-ore deposits. Highest peak: 1236 m.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAMERSLEY RANGE


Barnsley
ˈbɑːnzlɪ
Beardsley
ˈbɪədzlɪ
Bisley
ˈbɪzlɪ
diversly
ˈdaɪvəzlɪ
grisly
ˈɡrɪzlɪ
grizzly
ˈɡrɪzlɪ
Hattersley
ˈhætəzlɪ
Kingsley
ˈkɪŋzlɪ
Knowsley
ˈnəʊzlɪ
measly
ˈmiːzlɪ
Moseley
ˈməʊzlɪ
Mosley
ˈməʊzlɪ
muesli
ˈmjuːzlɪ
paisley
ˈpeɪzlɪ
Presley
ˈprɛzlɪ
unwisely
ʌnˈwaɪzlɪ
Wellesley
ˈwɛlzlɪ
Wesley
ˈwɛzlɪ
wisely
ˈwaɪzlɪ
Wolseley
ˈwʊlzlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAMERSLEY RANGE

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Hamheung
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Hamilcar Barca
Hamilton
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HAMERSLEY RANGE

Admiralty Range
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Flinders Range
Great Dividing Range
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Owen Stanley Range
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Stanovoi Range
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Teton Range
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Wasatch Range
Wind River Range

Synonyms and antonyms of Hamersley Range in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Hamersley Range» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

哈默斯利范围
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Rango Hamersley
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Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Hindi

Hamersley रेंज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المدى همرسلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hamersley Диапазон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hamersley Gama
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Translator English - Bengali

হামারসলে রেঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Malay

Range Hamersley
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Translator English - German

Hamersley Bereich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハマーズリー山地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해머 즐리 범위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Hamersley độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹேமர்ஸ்லி ரேஞ்ச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅमसले रेंज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hamersley Range
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hamersley Gamma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zakres Hamersley
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Hamersley Діапазон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Greek

Hamersley Κατηγορίας
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Swedish

Hamersley Range
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Translator English - Norwegian

Hamersley Range
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hamersley Range

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAMERSLEY RANGE»

Discover the use of Hamersley Range in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hamersley Range and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Geology and Iron Deposits of the Hamersley Range Area, ...
"This Bulletin is intended to provide a general geological account of the iron occurrence within the Hamersley Iron Province, which has been gleaned from regional mapping, inspections of known occurrences, and the assistance of the ...
William Norman MacLeod, 1966
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Ancient Australian Landscapes
6.8a Dissected hill country eroded in dipping strata, Hamersley Range. Fig. 6.9b Sinuous mesa capped by Robe River Pisolite, southern piedmont of the Hamersley Range. (i) (ii) RRP _»- Fig. 6.8b The Hamersley Surface with ferruginous ...
C. R. Twidale, 2007
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The Geology of Australia
... the Hamersley Range is a wonderful sight. While minor iron formations have been formed elsewhere on Earth at younger ages, thick and extensive BIFs in large quantities are characteristic of the Precambrian, mainly in the early Proterozoic.
David Johnson, 2009
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Biogeography of Australasia: A Molecular Analysis
MacDonnell Hamersley Range Great Dividing Range Ranges Austrobryonia Fig. 4.5 Distribution of Austrobryonia (Cucurbitaceae), a genus with Tethyan affinities (Schaefer et al., 2008; Schaefer and Renner, 2011; the different symbols ...
Michael Heads, 2013
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Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia
The North-West North-western Australia has the oldest known rocks and the oldest fossils. The massive ironstones that make up the Hamersley Range are Proterozoic, over 1500 million years old, overlying the even older Archaean granites.
Margaret G. Corrick, Bruce Alexander Fuhrer, 2009
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Outback Australia
Millstream-Chichester to Karijini To get to the Auski Roadhouse (also known as Munjina after the nearby gorge) on the Great Northern Hwy, a possible base for exploring the Karijini (Hamersley Range) National Park, return the way you came  ...
‎2002
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Principles of Precambrian Geology
A line drawn 10-20 km south of and parallel to the trace of the Hamersley Range Syndinorium separates prehnite-pumpellyite facies on the north from greenschist facies and even local amphibolite facies on the south, the southward increase ...
Alan M. Goodwin, 1996
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Candoninae (Ostracoda) from the Pilbara Region in Western ...
Mount Meharry is a part of the Hamersley Range, which lies in the central Pilbara . Another plateau, the Chichester Range, lies north of the Hamersley and has a peak of 618 m. The rest of the Pilbara consists of wide floodplains and a coastal ...
Ivana Karanovic, 2007
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Gone Walkabout in Henn Boo Too
We traveled 670 kms today from Exmouth (Pop 2500 all involved in tourism) up on the Exmouth Peninsula, to Tom Price (Pop 3000 all involved in iron mining) in the Hamersley Range of 3000—foot mountains. The town (Elevation 725 metres  ...
William Hogan, 2003
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Australian Landforms
The Hamersley Range is a spectacular red landscape that dramatically contrasts with the gleaming white trunks of the common eucalypt species. It is an iron province, developed on Proterozoic strata, including several Banded Iron Formations ...
C. R. Twidale, E. M. Campbell, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAMERSLEY RANGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hamersley Range is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wittenoom Crescent residents share a deadly legacy with namesake …
Buildings in Wittenoom, which serviced the Colonial Asbestos Mine and Mill in the Hamersley Range in Western Australia. Photo: Peter Morris. «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
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Local characters: meeting the people of the Pilbara
“It changes from the Hamersley Range to the flat-tops around Millstream. And it's not all about mining; there are some fantastic experiences to ... «The West Australian, Jun 15»
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The Pilbara rivals the Snowy River as an engineering icon
Nothing much to see here with the exception, of course, of Lang Hancock's legendary flight over the Hamersley Range all those decades ago. «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
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Fortescue Metals Group: Great Execution, Bad Timing
... where BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have also invested billions - and discovered high-quality deposits in the Chichester and Hamersley Range. «Seeking Alpha, Mar 15»
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A peek inside TV's bleak House of Hancock
... Hope, and we left a bit later than usual, and by the time we got over the Hamersley Range, the clouds had formed and the ceiling got lower.”. «The Saturday Paper, Jan 15»
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Water hope for Pilbara cities
The groundwater in the Hamersley Range is earmarked for agricultural development under the Government's Water for Food program. «The West Australian, Aug 14»
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Untapped water resources discovered in WA's Pilbara 'could drive …
... Mia Davies has told 720 ABC Perth a further 30 gigalitres of groundwater a year has also been found in the Pilbara's Hamersley Range. «ABC Online, Aug 14»
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Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
Fortescue discovered world class deposits in the Pilbara's Chichester Range and Hamersley Range, and set about redefining the iron ore industry. Construction ... «Mining Global, Jun 14»
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Top ten gorgeous gorges
Formerly Hamersley Range National Park, this location is arguably Australia's most stunning gorge country. Rust red is the colour that will stay ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 14»
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Andrew Forrest's $10bn defiance of the naysayers
Against a backdrop of the spectacular red earth of the Hamersley Range and a huge company banner that boasted of “turning vision into ... «The Australian, Mar 14»

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