Physical Characteristics That Make Australia Unique
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Major landforms in Australia? | The Three Sisters.
Ulurur.
Mt. Kosciuszko
The Twelve Apostles.
The Murrary River.
The Great Barrier Reef.
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Major drainage basins in Australia? | Murrary-Darling Basin.
Lake Eyre Basin
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What is a drainage basin? | An area of land where surface water (from rain, melting ice, etc.) converge to a single point, where the waters join another waterboy such as a river, lake, sea, ocean, wetland.
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What are the 4 landform regions of Australia? | Eastern Highland, Coastal Plains, Central Lowland, Western Plateau.
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What is the highest mountain in Australia? | Mt. Kosciuszko
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Describe the Murray-Darling Basin in means to do with being a major drainage basin. | Most important agricultural region:
- Supplies 1/3 of agricultural production for Aus.
- Variety of climate conditions, versatile for farming.
- Home for unique flora and fauns, some endangered.
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Where is Australia located? | It lies between the Indian and Pacific Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere.
Latitude: 10°41'S and 43°39'S.
Longitude: 113°09'E and 153°39'E.
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Size of Australia. | - 6th Largest country in the world.
- Coastline: 36 735km long, extremely difficult from stopping illegal immigrants and smuggling of illegal goods to Aus.
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Shape of Australia. | No significant water bodies heading very far inland.
- Minimal number of water extending inland results in dry conditions across country.
- More inland, less rainfall.
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Australia's surrounding countries? | New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands.
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