Difference between revisions of "Earth science 7- Australia/ New Zealand/ Antarctica 5"
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Lake Eyre is Australia's largest body of water - it is a salt water lake that covers over 3,430 square miles (8,884-9,500 square kilometers), although it is generally dry. Lake Eyre is located in South Australia. | Lake Eyre is Australia's largest body of water - it is a salt water lake that covers over 3,430 square miles (8,884-9,500 square kilometers), although it is generally dry. Lake Eyre is located in South Australia. | ||
| + | Australia's longest river is the Murray-Darling River, in New South Wales, which flows for 2,911 miles (4,685 km) into the Indian Ocean. | ||
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| + | "Australia is the smallest of the continents, and is situated to the southeast of that great block of land which comprises Europe, Asia and Africa. The two main belts of late topographic change traverse the Old World. One runs across Europe and Asia and constitutes the Himalaya Belt. The other surrounds the Pacific, and has resulted in the high mountains and the numberless festoon islands fringing Asia and Australia in the Western Pacific, These two belts meet in the complex region of the East Indies, and have produced the varied topography of New Guinea, But neither of them traverses Australia, which in consequence is one of the regions with least topographic variety in the world." Australia Bureau of Statistics. | ||
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| + | Indian Ocean | ||
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| + | Coral Sea | ||
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Australia/Ausmap.shtml | http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Australia/Ausmap.shtml | ||
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Revision as of 21:08, 3 November 2011
Australia:
Australia has 8 regions: Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Australia's Longitude and Latitude: 27° 0' 0" South/133° 0' 0" East.
Elevation: File:Elevation.gif lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
Large Bodies of Water: Lake Eyre is Australia's largest body of water - it is a salt water lake that covers over 3,430 square miles (8,884-9,500 square kilometers), although it is generally dry. Lake Eyre is located in South Australia. Australia's longest river is the Murray-Darling River, in New South Wales, which flows for 2,911 miles (4,685 km) into the Indian Ocean.
"Australia is the smallest of the continents, and is situated to the southeast of that great block of land which comprises Europe, Asia and Africa. The two main belts of late topographic change traverse the Old World. One runs across Europe and Asia and constitutes the Himalaya Belt. The other surrounds the Pacific, and has resulted in the high mountains and the numberless festoon islands fringing Asia and Australia in the Western Pacific, These two belts meet in the complex region of the East Indies, and have produced the varied topography of New Guinea, But neither of them traverses Australia, which in consequence is one of the regions with least topographic variety in the world." Australia Bureau of Statistics.
Bordering Oceans: Indian Ocean Arafara Ocean Coral Sea Pacific Ocean Tasman Ocean
New Zealand: Regions: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Central Otago, Christchurch - Canterbury, Coromandel, Dunedin - Coastal Otago, Eastland, Fiordland, Hamilton - Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson Tasman, Northland, Queenstown, Rotorua, Ruapehu, Southland, Taranaki, Taupo, Waikato, Wairarapa, Wanaka, Wellington, West Coast, Whanganui
Longitude and Latitude: 41° 0' 0" S / 174° 0' 0" E
Elevation: Highest: 643 ft Lowest: -2 m
Reference: http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/australia/australia-lat-long.html http://www.freecycle.org/group/AU/ http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/highlow.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Australia/Ausmap.shtml http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbytitle/DE8E19C3C280EDB3CA2569DE001F1088?OpenDocument
