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Revision as of 14:05, 20 November 2011
Regions:Queen Maud Land,Graham Land,Wilkes Land,Marie Byrd Land,and Victoria Land.
[1]
Latitude: 90 degrees north [2]
Longitude: 0 degrees east [3]
Average Elevation: 7,000-8,000 Ft. [4]
Highest Spot: Vinson Massif: 16,066 Ft. [5]
Lowest Spot: Lake Eyre: 52 Ft. below sea level. [6]
Large bodies of water: Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, Amundsen Sea, and the Southern Ocean [7]
Major topographic features: Ross Ice Shelf,Transantacrtic Mountain,Prince Charles Mountains,: Ellsworth Mountains. [8]
Bordering Oceans: The Southern Ocean [9]
Average Monthly Temperature: -15.119 degrees Celsius [10]
Highest Monthly Temperature: -13.692 degrees Celsius [11]
Lowest Monthly Temperature: -20.908 degrees Celsius [12]
References:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html
Links: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html
Regions: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. [13]
Latitude: 27 degrees south. [14]
Longitude: 133 degrees east. [15]
Average Elevation: 1,000 Ft. [16]
Highest Spot: Mount Kosciuszko, 7,350 Ft. [17]
Lowest Spot: Lake Eyre, 49 Ft. below sea level. [18]
Large Bodies of Water: Murray River, Darling River, Murrumbidgee River, Lake Eyre, Gulf of Carpentaria, [19] Timor Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, and the Great Austrian Bight. [20]
Major Topographic features: The Great Barrier Reef. [21]
Bordering Oceans: The Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean [22]
References: http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9110544?query=Australia&ct=null
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
Links: http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9110544?query=Australia&ct=null
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
Regions: North Island and South Island. [23]
Latitude: 41 degrees south. [24]
Longitude: 174 degrees east. [25]
Average Elevation:
Highest Spot: Aoraki-Mount Cook, 12316 Ft. [26]
Lowest Spot: Pacific Ocean, 0 Ft. [27]
Large Bodies of Water: Tasman Sea, [28] Waikato River, Lake Taupo, [29] Foveaux Straight, Cook Straight, and Tasman Bay. [30]
Major Topographic features: Volcanoe Edmont/Taranaki, Volcanoe Ruapehu, Volcanoe Nuguaruhoe, Volcanoe Tongariro, and Aoraki-Mount Cook. [31]
Bordering Oceans: Pacific Ocean. [32]
Average Monthly Rainfall: 4.34 inches.[33]
References: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9276082?query=New%20zealand&ct=null
http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=S41E174+2100+93434W
Links: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9276082?query=New%20zealand&ct=null
http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=S41E174+2100+93434W
