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Australia. By Bryce Graves. Information on Australia. Total area of Australia, land : 7,682,300 sq km water : 58,920 sq km Climate: The climate is arid to semi arid. Terrain/land use. Terrain: mostly low plateau filled with deserts and fertile plain in the southeast.
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Australia By Bryce Graves
Information on Australia Total area of Australia, land: 7,682,300 sq km water: 58,920 sq km Climate: The climate is arid to semi arid.
Terrain/land use Terrain: mostly low plateau filled with deserts and fertile plain in the southeast. Land use:Arable land: 6.15% (includes 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland (give or take)) Permanent crops: 0.04% Other: 93.81%
The Great Barrier Reef Australia is the home of the world renowned great barrier reef. This reef has been around for thousands of years. Though recent studies have show that a massive coral collapse of the barrier reef has been caused by farming on the coast. The collapse caused a new and weedy type of coral to grow. Another study shows that half of the great barrier reef has disappeared in the past 30 years.
Natural resources Bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum. (Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal, accounting for 29% of global coal exports)
Government/info Country name: commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra. Legal system: common law system based on the English model. Government type: federal parliamentary democracy and a common wealth realm.