Culturally Aware of Australia Australia is one of the flattest continent landmass due to erosion that happened 257 years ago; formed when it separated from the super-continent. In addition, Australia has a wide assortment of landform consisting of a small mountains, ancient crystal blocks, and ancient seas. Australia has ten deserts, largest being the Great Victoria Desert. Australia has one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef. Australia and Tasmania are two landmasses that make up the continent of Australia; it lies in the southern hemisphere. Australia, surrounded by four bodies of water, the Pacific Ocean to the east, Indian Ocean to the west, Afarura Sea to the north, and the Southern Ocean to the south. Australia is around four million, 773,000 square miles, about the size of
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The Nearest country is Papua New Guinea, which is about 120 miles north of Australia. Australia is one of the driest continents on Earth, but because of its insular position and lack of high terrain features such as mountain ranges, generally there are no extreme climates. The climate of Australia varies because of the size of the continent, temperatures range from seventy to eighty degrees Fahrenheit in the interior of the continent. However, the southern region is more pleasant, but subject to variations such as high rainfall, great heat, irregular flooding, and drought. El Nino in the summers, Cold currents from Antarctica flow up mixing in warm currents from the pacific. Every three to eight years, equatorial current is perceptibly warmer off the coast of Peru; the results are strong winds that bring heavy rain to the Pacific; consequently reducing the rain bearing clouds that
The Nearest country is Papua New Guinea, which is about 120 miles north of Australia. Australia is one of the driest continents on Earth, but because of its insular position and lack of high terrain features such as mountain ranges, generally there are no extreme climates. The climate of Australia varies because of the size of the continent, temperatures range from seventy to eighty degrees Fahrenheit in the interior of the continent. However, the southern region is more pleasant, but subject to variations such as high rainfall, great heat, irregular flooding, and drought. El Nino in the summers, Cold currents from Antarctica flow up mixing in warm currents from the pacific. Every three to eight years, equatorial current is perceptibly warmer off the coast of Peru; the results are strong winds that bring heavy rain to the Pacific; consequently reducing the rain bearing clouds that