THE AUSTRALIAN (KANGROOS)

THE AUSTRALIAN (KANGROOS)

Summary:

1) Introduction.
 2) Maps and Flag.
3) Borders.
4) Main cities.
5) Relief.
6) Climate.

1) INTRODUCTION:

Australia is a Commonwealth Oceania Island country, located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, in Southeastern Asia.

Capital: Canberra.
Population (2014): 23.49 million inhabitants.
Gross Domestic Product - GDP (2014): $ 1.455 trillion.
Currency : Australian Dollar ( AUD ).

2) MAP AND FLAG:

AUSTRALIAN FLAG

AUSTRALIA MAP

3) BORDERS:

Australia is the largest island in the world bordered to the north by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Torres Strait, to the east by the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea, to the south by the Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean and to the west by the Indian Ocean. Australia extends about 4,000 km from Cape Byrne (east end) to Western Australia (west boundary) and about 3,700 km from Cape York in the north to Tasmania in the south. Its area, Tasmania included, is 7 682 300 km².

4) MAIN CITIES :

Australian cities are very large and about 65 % Australians live in the metropolitan areas of the six state capitals and Canberra. Sydney has the largest suburb in the world. Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide are among the country's major cities. Canberra, the nation's capital, is the only major city located inland.

5) RELIEF:

The insularity of Australia makes it the most isolated of inhabited continents. It is also the flatter and, with the exception of its territory in Antarctica, the driest. Its average altitude does not exceed 300 m. The interior of the country - the Outback - consists of plains and lowlands, generally higher in the Northeast. The eastern, southeastern and southwestern coastal plains are Australia's most populated areas.

The eastern coastal plains are bordered by mountain ranges: the northern cordillera, to the north, which follows the east coast from the Cape York peninsula, the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, and the Australian Alps, in Victoria, which reaches the southeastern tip of the island. The highest point of the Australian Alps and Australia is Mount Kosciusko (2,228 m).

Two-thirds of Australia is desert or semi-desert, with climatic conditions significantly limiting the number of permanent rivers. The permanent river Murray is fed by snowmelt at its source in the Kosciusko Mountain region and by major tributaries such as Darling and Murrumbidgee; it flows into the sea on the south coast, east of Adelaide. The Murray-Darling-Murrumbidgee system, navigable for the most part during the wet season, is Australia's main hydrographic system, covering more than 1.1 million km2.

The Snowy Mountains complex, located in the Australian Alps in New South Wales, built between 1949 and 1974, is one of the largest hydropower projects in the world; it provides additional water for irrigation and electricity to the entire south-east coast.

6) CLIMATE:

Although Australia has a wide variety of climates, the majority of the country is subject to a hot, dry climate, with the sea having a low incidence beyond the coast. Most of Australia has a desert climate; precipitation does not exceed 250 mm per year on average and temperatures, subject to high amplitude, often exceed 40 ° C in summer.

The regions in the north of the country have a tropical climate. The monsoon stretches into the interior and particularly affects the land of Arnhem and the peninsula of Cape York. In many areas on the north and northeast coast average annual rainfall is 1,524 mm; they even exceed 2 540 mm per year in northern Queensland.

Further south, the climate becomes temperate. The regions of the south coast of Australia experience a mild winter and a hot summer; Temperatures fluctuate on average between 10 ° C and 21 ° C, except in the Australian Alps, where temperatures close to 0 ° C are sometimes noted. Tasmania, located in a cold temperate zone, receives heavy rainfall in summer and experiences cyclonic storms in winter. In addition to the Australian Alps, snow also falls in winter in northern Victoria and Tasmania. All southern states are exposed to dry, warm winds from the interior of the country that can quickly raise the temperature. Drought affects at least one region of Australia each year, while localized floods and tropical cyclones are common.

Learn more

Official website of the Australian Government: https://www.australia.gov.au/

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