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Australian Geography Flashcards
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- 1"Australis"Latin word meaning southern, used to refer to regions below equator.
- 2Spacial DimensionWHERE & WHY enviroments are there.
- 3Ecological DimensionsHow humands interact with enviroments.
- 4BiophysicalNatural
- 5BuiltHuman
- 6Australia is located:in southern hemisphere between Indian and Pacific Oceans
- 7Latitudinal extent of Australia is:10o41'S and 43o39's
- 8Longitudinal extent of Australia is:113o09'E and 153o39'E
- 9Most Northerly point of Australia is:Cape York Peninsula
- 10Most southerly point MAINLAND in Australia is:South point on Wilsons Promotory Victoria
- 11Most Southerly Point of Australia is:Tasmanias South East Cape
- 12Most Westerly Point is:steep point in WA
- 13Most East point is:Cape Byron in NSW
- 14How many degrees of latitude does Australia span:33o
- 15How many time zones does it span?3
- 16Nearest Neighbours are:Papua New Guniea (North) and New Zealand (Southeast)
- 17What is to the west?No Major landmasses
- 18What is NorthWest:East Timor and Indonesia
- 19What is East?Small island countries e.g. Fiji Vanautu and solomon islands
- 20What is the Area of Australia?7 682 300km2
- 21What does it rank in terms of size?6th
- 22Compared to other countries how big is it?50% larger than Europe
20x Larger than Japan
32x larger than the UK\
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- Geography Flashcards on Australian Geography Flashcards, created by ioannis_lion on 02/04/2014.
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