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{{Short description|Mountain range in Victoria, Australia}} {{For|other uses of the name Dandenong|Dandenong (disambiguation)}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2022}}{{Infobox mountain | name = Dandenong Ranges | other_name = Corhanwarrabul, The Dandenongs | photo = Mt Dandenong from Mooroolbark.jpg | photo_size = 275 | photo_caption = ''Left'' - [[Mount Dandenong (Victoria)|Mount Dandenong]] and ''right'' - Mount Corhanwarrabul, viewed from [[Mooroolbark, Victoria|Mooroolbark]] <!-- Geography -->| country = Australia | subdivision2_type = State | subdivision2 = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] | parent = [[Great Dividing Range]] <!-- Geology -->| geology = {{hlist|[[Igneous rock|Igneous]]|[[Sedimentary rock|Sedimentary]]|[[Metamorphic rock|Metamorphic]]}} | age = [[Devonian]] | orogeny = <!-- Range --> | length_km = 50 | width_km = 10 | area_km2 = | length_orientation = N-S | width_orientation = E-W | length_ref = | width_ref = | area_ref = <!-- Overall coordinates for the range; usually the center of the range --> | range_coordinates = {{coord|37|50|08|S|145|21|33|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = <!-- Highest point --> | highest = [[Mount Dandenong (Victoria)|Mount Dandenong]] | elevation_m = 633 <!-- Coordinates of the highest point -->| coordinates = {{coord|37|49|38|S|145|21|10|E|region:AU_type:mountain_source:vicnames_type:mountain|display=inline}} | map = Australia Victoria | map_size = 275 | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of the Dandenong Ranges in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] | map_relief = }} The '''Dandenong Ranges''' (commonly just '''The Dandenongs''') are a set of low [[mountain range]]s in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], approximately {{cvt|35|km|mi|0}} east of the state capital [[Melbourne]]. A minor branch of the [[Great Dividing Range]], the Dandenongs consist mostly of rolling [[hill]]s, rising to {{cvt|633|m}} at [[Mount Dandenong (Victoria)|Mount Dandenong]], as well as steeply weathered [[valley]]s and [[gullies]] covered in thick [[temperate rainforest]], predominantly of tall [[Eucalyptus regnans|mountain ash]] trees and dense [[fern]]y undergrowth. The namesake [[Dandenong Creek]] and most of its left-bank tributaries (particularly the [[Eumemmerring Creek]]) originate from [[headwater]]s in these mountain ranges. Two of Melbourne's most important [[storage reservoir]]s, the [[Cardinia Reservoir|Cardinia]] and [[Silvan Reservoir]], are also located within the Dandenongs. After European settlement in the [[Port Phillip Bay]] region, the range was used as a major local source of [[timber]] for Melbourne. The ranges were popular with [[day-tripper]]s from the 1870s onwards. Much of the Dandenongs were protected as [[park]]lands as early as 1882, and by 1987 these parklands were amalgamated to form the [[Dandenong Ranges National Park]], which was subsequently expanded in 1997. The range receives light to moderate [[Snow in Australia|snowfall]]s a few times in most years, frequently between late winter and late spring. Today, The Dandenongs are home to over 100,000 residents and are popular amongst visitors, many of whom stay for the weekend at the various [[bed & breakfast]]s throughout the region. The popular [[Puffing Billy Railway]], a heritage steam railway, runs through the hills villages of the eastern Dandenong Ranges.
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