Geography of Australia - Wikipedia
The geography of Australia encompasses a wide variety of biogeographic regions being the world's smallest continent, while comprising the territory of the sixth-largest country in the world. The population of Australia is concentrated along the eastern and south-eastern coasts.
Australia | History, Cities, Population, Capital, Map, & Facts
3 天之前 · Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
Geography of Australia: History, Government, Climate - ThoughtCo
2019年10月3日 · Australia is located in Oceania between the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. Although it is a large country, its topography is not too varied, and most of it consists of low desert plateau. The southeast, however, does have fertile plains. Australia's climate is mostly arid to semiarid, but the south and east are temperate and the north is ...
Australia - Land, Climate, People | Britannica
3 天之前 · Australia - Land, Climate, People: Australia is both the flattest continent and, except for Antarctica, the driest. Seen from the air, its vast plains, sometimes the colour of dried blood, more often tawny like a lion’s skin, may seem to be one huge desert.
Australia Maps & Facts - World Atlas
2024年1月16日 · Australian geography is synonymous with vast coastal lowlands, extensive deserts, and sizable mountain ranges. It comprises six states — New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia , Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia — and two major mainland territories: the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
Australia Country Profile - National Geographic Kids
Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent. It is one of the largest countries on Earth. Although it is rich in natural resources and has a lot of fertile land,...
12.2 Australia – World Regional Geography - Open Textbook …
Summarize the colonial exploitation and development of Australia. Understand the basic characteristics of Australia’s physical geography. Outline how the core-periphery spatial relationship applies to Australia. Describe the country’s general cultural attributes. Summarize the methods used for the country to gain national wealth.
Australia - The World Factbook
2024年12月3日 · Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic.
Australia - Wikipedia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest country by area in Oceania .
Geography of Australia
Australia is the lowest, flattest and, apart from Antarctica, the driest of the continents. Unlike Europe and North America, where some landscapes date back to around 20,000 years ago, when great ice sheets retreated, the age of landforms in Australia is generally measured in many millions of years.