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Australia. By: Jake Ball. Land Regions. Highlands in the east, lowlands in the central area, and in the west there are plateaus. Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans.
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Australia By: Jake Ball
Land Regions • Highlands in the east, lowlands in the central area, and in the west there are plateaus.
Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans • Coral Sea, Great Australian Bright, Indian Ocean, Tasman Sea, Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens, Lake Gairdner, Lake St. Clair, The Murray River, The Murrumbidgee.
Plant and Animals • Koala Bears, Thorny Devil, Sea Eagles, Xanthorrhoea Pressii, Gravillea “Bronze Rambler”
Forests, Deserts, Mountains & Minerals • Australia has 149.4 million hectares of forests comprising 147.4 million hectares of native forests and 2 million hectares of plantations. This is about 8 hectares of forest for each Australian, one of the highest areas of forest per person in the world. Minerals: Opal, Hematite, Copper.
Special Thanks To • http://australian-animals.net/ • http://www.daff.gov.au/forestry/national/australias-forests • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Australian_famous_lakes • http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-rivers • http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/build/images/copcrystal.gif • http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/Mineral_Pictures/Opal_Australia.jpg • http://www.crocoite.com/realindex.html • http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/assets/images/article/journal/11030/glass-house-mountains-tibrogargan-queensland.jpg • http://img.ezinemark.com/imagemanager2/files/30002668/2010/07/2010-07-22-15-04-57-10-red-dunes-spot-evergreen-plateaus.jpeg • http://interactivejungle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Great-Barrier-Reef.jpeg • http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7073976.9586/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg