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Lesson
6.14 The Physical Features of Australia

FACTS Australia is home to a variety of unique animals,
to Understand including the Koala, Kangaroo, emu, Kookabgurra and
platypus. Australia has over 750 different reptiles,
species, more than any other country in the world.

Australia is the smallest continent as well as a country comprising the island of
Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is about six times smaller than Asia
and forty four times bigger than Nepal. The Tropic of Capricorn passes through the
middle of the country. It lies completely in the southern hemisphere. There are a
number of landmasses throughout the central and South Pacific Ocean and they are
jointly known as Oceanic nation. But the name Australia dominated the others being
the largest landmass in the ocean. There are 18 nations altogether in Oceania and
Australia. Some of the land masses in Oceania are Papua New Guinea, New Zealand
and Fiji.

The continent Australia is located in 114°E to 154° E longitude and 0°S to 40°S latitude.
Altogether it has 8 states including Tasmania and Canberra, the capital of Australia.

The physical condition of Australia can be divided into three parts.

The Eastern Highlands

The Eastern Highlands region of Australia is the highest part of Australia. This region
is also known as the Great Dividing Range. It runs parallel to the eastern coast from
north to the south for 3000 km. Most part of Victoria, Canberra, Queensland, Wales,
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