Australia Travel & Tourism Guide
Geography of Australia
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Australia's landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres is on the Indo-Australian Plate. Surrounded by the IndianN4 and Pacific oceans, Australia is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. Australia has 34,218 kilometres of coastline and claims an extensive exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres. This exclusive economic zone does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory.
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, lies a short distance off the north-east coast and extends for over 2,000 kilometres. Mount Augustus, claimed to be the world's largest monolith, is located in Western Australia. At 2,228 metres, Mount Kosciuszko on the Great Dividing Range is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland, although Mawson Peak on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island is taller at 2,745 metres.
By far the largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid lands commonly known as the outback. Australia is the flattest continent, with the oldest and least fertile soils, and is the driest inhabited continent. Only the south-east and south-west corners of the continent have a temperate climate. The population density, 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre, is among the lowest in the world, although a great proportion of the population lives along the temperate south-eastern coastline. The landscapes of the northern part of the country, with a tropical climate, consist of rainforest, woodland, grassland, mangrove swamps, and desert. The climate is significantly influenced by ocean currents, including the El Niño southern oscillation, which is correlated with periodic drought, and the seasonal tropical low pressure system that produces cyclones in northern Australia.
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Australia Travel & Tourism Guides
Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Glenelg, Australia
Airlie Beach, Australia
Albury, Australia
Alice Springs, Australia
Ayers Rock, Australia
Barossa Valley, Australia
Bedarra Island, Australia
Brampton Island, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Broome, Australia
Bundaberg, Australia
Byron Bay, Australia
Cairns, Australia
Caloundra, Australia
Canberra, Australia
Cape Tribulation, Australia
Coffs Harbour New, Australia
Cooinda, Australia
Coolum Beach, Australia
Cradle Mountain, Australia
Darwin, Australia
Day Dream Island, Australia
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Dunkin Island, Australia
Fraser Island, Australia
Gold Coast, Australia
Hamilton Island, Australia
Hayman Island, Australia
Heron Island, Australia
Hervey Bay, Australia
Hobart, Australia
Jabiru, Australia
Kakadu, Australia
Katoomba, Australia
Kings Canyon, Australia
Launceston, Australia
Leura, Australia
Lizard Island, Australia
Long Island, Australia
Mackay, Australia
Magnetic Island, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Airport, Australia
Mossman, Australia
Nelson Bay, Australia |
New Castle, Australia
Noosa, Australia
Palm Cove, Australia
Perth, Australia
Perth Scarborough, Australia
Phillip Island, Australia
Pokolbin, Australia
Port Douglas, Australia
Port Macquarie, Australia
Rockhampton, Australia
South Molle Beach, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sydney Airport, Australia
Sydney Bondi Beach Travel, Australia
Sydney Coogee, Australia
Sydney Manly, Australia
Sydney North-Sydney Travel, Australia
Terrigal, Australia
Townsville, Australia
Yeppoon, Australia |
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