Karteikarten
What Makes Australia Unique
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- 1countries size scale in world6th largest country
- 2coastline scale in world7th largest coastline in the world
- 3closest 3 countriesPapa New Guinea
Indonesia
New Zealand - 4What hemisphere is Australia locatedsouther/eastern hemispheres
- 5what region is Australia locatedAustralasian Region
Oceanic Region - 6The age of Australia landOldest land surface in the world (due to erosion and no tectonic movement)
- 7inhabited by Aborigines for....40 000 years
- 8Aborigines believe the land was made in the ......Dreamtime
- 9Major Drainage basins include-Gulf Of Carpentania
-Timor Sea
-North-east coast - 10Gulf Of Carpentania Basin drains...23.3% of all Australian water
- 11Timor Sea Basin drains....23.3% of all Aus water
- 12Australia's largest river is?Murray Darling
- 13How mush water does the Murray-Darling river drain?6.1% of all Aus water
- 14Australia's 6 main climates include:-equatorial
-desert
-subtropical
-tropical
-temperate
-grassland - 15Types of Australian Vegetation include: DREMMWGSS-Rainforest
-Dry/Wet Eucalyptus forest
-Mallee/Mulga Scrub
-Woodlands
-Mountain Moor
-Swam Meadow
-Grassland Savannah
-Saltbush
-Desert - 16driest place in AusIs in SA
- 17wettest place in Ausis in QLD
- 18wettest parts of AUS are thenorth and east coasts
- 19why is the east coast so wet?easterlys bring rain
- 20Why does the temp. vary?-areas of higher latitude on earths surface are more exposed to sun
-coastal regions have less variation due to slow heating/cooling of ocean - 21coldest place in AUS is....in NSW
- 22Hottest place in AUS is.....in SA
- 23Where are trees most dominant?trees are dominant in high rainfall areas along the coastline
- 24where is it most effect to grow crops?WHere there is top soil, high-moderat areas of rainfall
- 25some AUS natural resources include....-Aluminium
-Gold
-Lead
-Iron
-Coal
-Natural Gasses
-Oil - 26what direction does cyclones spin in the Southern Hemisphere?Clockwise
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