Geography 2015

Geography 2015

1. Austalia's Physical Features

   • Flora and fona
   • Climate
   • Mt Kosiusko is the highest
   • Landforms
   • Great barrier Reef

2. Natural Hazards

   • Difference between natural disasters and natural hazards
     • Natural disaster has occured and is the result of a hazard
     • Natural Hazard is a potential source of harm to a community
   • The six types of hazards
     • Atmospheric
       • Cyclone
       • Hail or electrical storm
       • Blizards
       • Bushfires
     • Hydrogical
       • Floods
       • Tsunami
       • Wave action
       • Glaciers
     • Geological
       • Earthquakes
       • Volcano
     • Biological
       • Disease epidemics
     • Technological
       • Accidents
       • Epidemics
     • Human
       • War
       • Crowd stampede
       • Torrorism
   • Different types of disasters
     • Drought
       • A drought is a period of time with below average rainfall
       • Imacts
         • Economic: effects farmers through loss of production and this effects rural towns and large citys
         • Enviroment:
           • Loss of top soil
           • Can lead to bushfires
         • Social: loss of jobs and income because of business failing
     • El Nino
       • Is when australia resives a drought and South americal gets flooding
         • Is caused by the change of air pressure
           • What causes the currents to change
             • The first image shows the normal currents ans the second picture displays the el nino currents
     • Bushfires
       • Bushfires are most common in south-east australia
         • This is due the there being more fuel which helps sustain the fire.
           • There is more fuel in that area because the soil is less arid
     • Severe Thunder storms
       • Can bring the following features
         • Strong winds of 90km
           • Hailstorms
             • Tornatos
               • Very heavy rain or flash flooding
     • Tropical Cyclones
       • Is a particular type of low pressure systems
         • Are areas of warm moist air at rising rapidly
           • Can feature
             • Very strong winds
               • Torrential rain
                 • Rough seas
                   • Storm surge
                     • Flooding
     • Floods
       • Is below average rainfall for that area

3. What makes Australia unique?

   • Fona and flora
     • Australias fana and flora is very unique as australia has been isolated for millions of year.
       • More than 80% of Australias flora and fona is found nowhere else on the earth
         • Australias natural animals have adapted to our harch climets for example the kangaroo can smell water almost a mile away
   • Size
   • Flana
     • Australia has 2 types that are different to other mammals
       • marsupial
         • is where the mammal keeps and feed the young in the pouch for a fuw months after birth
       • Monotreme
         • Is a mammal that lays eggs there only spiecies is platypus and echidna

4. Austalias Geographical location

   • Latitude (flat) and logatude Between
     • 10 south
     • 44 south
     • 112 east
     • 154 east
   • Closest countrys
     • Indonesia
     • New Guinea
     • New Zealand
   • Hemisphere
     • Southern
     • Eastern

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