Physical geography of Australia

1. Physical geography of Australia

2. Geography of Australia

The geography of Australia encompasses a
wide variety of biogeographic regions being the
world's smallest continent but the sixth-largest
country in the world. The population of Australia
is concentrated along the eastern and southeastern
coasts.
The
geography
of
the
continent
is
extremely diverse, ranging from the snow-capped
mountains of the Australian Alps and Tasmania to
large deserts, tropical and temperate forests.
The countries that govern nearby regions
include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea
to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the
French dependency of New Caledonia to the east,
and New Zealand to the southeast.

3. Neighboring countries of Australia

4. Physical geography

Australia is a continent and an island
located in Oceania between the Indian Ocean and
the South Pacific Ocean. It shares its name with
the country that claims control over it. Properly
called
the
Commonwealth
of
Australia,
its
territory consists of the entire continent and
smaller outlying islands. This makes it the sixth
largest
country
in
the
world
by
area
of
jurisdiction, which comprises 7,686,850 square
kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) (including Lord Howe
Island and Macquarie Island), which is slightly
smaller than the 48 states of the contiguous
United States and 31.5 times larger than that of
the United Kingdom.

5. Size of Australia

6.

The
Australian
mainland
has
a
total
coastline length of 35,821 km with an additional
23,860 km of island coastlines. There are 758
estuaries around the country with most located in
the tropical and sub-tropical zones. Australia has
the 3rd largest exclusive economic zone of
8,148,250 km2. This EEZ does not include the
Australian Antarctic Territory (an additional
5,896,500 square kilometres).
Australia has the largest area of ocean
jurisdiction of any country on Earth. It has no
land borders. The northernmost points of the
continental mainland are the Cape York Peninsula
of Queensland and the Top End of the Northern
Territory, but the northernmost point of the
country lies in the Torres Strait Islands.

7. Continental Extremities

8.

The western half of Australia consists of the Western
Plateau, which rises to mountain heights near the west coast
and falls to lower elevations near the continental centre. The
Western Plateau region is generally flat, though broken by
various mountain ranges such as the Hamersley Range, the
MacDonnell Ranges, and the Musgrave Range. Surface water is
generally lacking in the Western Plateau, although there are
several larger rivers in the west and north, such as the
Murchison, Ashburton, and Victoria rivers.
The Eastern Highlands, or Great Dividing Range, lie
near the eastern coast of Australia, separating the relatively
narrow eastern coastal plain from the rest of the continent.
These Eastern Australian temperate forests have the greatest
relief, the most rainfall, the most abundant and varied flora
and fauna, and the densest human settlement.
Between the Eastern Highlands and the Western Plateau
lie the Central Lowlands, which are made up of the Great
Artesian Basin and Australia's largest river systems, the
Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin.
Off the eastern coast of Australia is the world's
largest coral reef complex, the Great Barrier Reef. The large
and mountainous island of Tasmania, also a State of Australia,
lies south of the south-eastern corner of the Australian
mainland. It receives abundant rainfall, and has highly fertile
soils particularly in comparison to the mainland.

9.

10. Thanks for attention