C.J. Cox

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World Regional Geography
Oceania

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 11
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Oceania

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 1. Land is fragmented into numerous islands and
  one continent
• 2. Lowest Population of any World Region

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 3. Australia is a continent and a country
• 4. Australia is the most urbanized country
• 5. New Zealand and the island countries are
  volcanic landforms

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 6. The continent of Australia is dominated by
  desert hence the low population density and high
  urbanization rates
• 7. Isolation from the rest of the world has
  dominated this regions history
• 8. Most of the dominant cultural
  landscapes have been imported
  from Europe

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 9. New Zealand is dominated by mountains
• 10. Tropical Climates dominate the remaining
  island countries

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Relative Location of Oceania

• Remotely located south of Southeast Asia, and
  surrounded by the Pacific Ocean

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Oceania

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Plate Tectonics
• Plateaus
• Deserts
• Mountains
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Climates

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Physical Geography

• Plate Tectonics
• Collision of the Australian plate with the
  Eurasian, Indian and Philippine Plates have
  created the Indonesian archipelago
• Australia was once a part of the southern part of
  Pangea

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Rivers
• Barossa River Valley
• Snowy River
• Murray River

Snowy River
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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Ayers Rock
• Olga Mountains

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Great Bite
• 12 Apostles

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Pancake Rocks New Zealand

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Volcanic Landforms

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Great Diving Range
• Blue Mts.

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Nullabor Plain

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Landforms
• Southern Alps of New Zealand

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• Tropical Rainforest Climate dominates South
  Pacific Islands northern Australia

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• Tropical Savanna Climate dominates drier areas
  south of the tropical rainforest regions

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• Desert Climate Dominates the Australian interior

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• Steppe Climates surround the interior desert
  regions

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• C Climates are found in New Zealand and the
  coasts of Australia

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Physical Geography of Oceania

• Climates
• D Climates of Higher Elevations Great Dividing
  Range
• D E Climates in New Zealand

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Climates of Oceania
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Vegetation Map
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Oceania

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Population
• Languages
• Religion
• Agriculture
• Economics
• Historical Geography

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Population Concentrations
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Population per square kilometer
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Cartogram of World Population
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Dot Density Map Showing World Population
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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Population
• Very low population numbers
• 30 million in region
• No significantly large concentrations
• concentrations on coasts rivers and in cities

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Oceania

• Population Characteristics
• Birth rates 18/1000
• Death rates 7/1000
• Natural Increase 1.1
• Infant Mortality 28/1000
• Doubling Time 63yrs
• Pop lt15 27
• Pop gt 65 10

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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Languages
• Indo European dominates the region
• Aborigine languages dominate interior of the
  Australia continent, Papua New Guinea and smaller
  islands

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Religions
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Religions
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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Religion
• Protestant Christianity Dominates the region
• Aboriginal animistic religions dominate remote
  areas

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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Religion
• Religious landscapes

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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Commercial Agriculture
• Worlds largest sheep ranches are in Australia
• There are 20 sheep for every person in New
  Zealand
• Commercial Ranching
• Commercial Diarying

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South Island, New Zealand
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South Island, New Zealand
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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Economy
• resource rich
• manufacturing of textiles
• skilled educated labor force

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Cultural Geography of Oceania

• Cities are centers for manufacturing (secondary),
  services (tertiary) and information industries
  (quaternary)

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Cities as Economic Centers

• Australia
• Sydney
• Melbourne
• Brisbane
• Perth
• Adlaide

• New Zealand
• Auckland
• Wellington
• Christchurch

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Syndey, NSW
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Syndey, NSW
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Syndey, NSW
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Canberra, ACT
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Melbourne
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Perth, West Australia
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Adlaide, South Australia
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Gold Coast, Queensland
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Alice Springs, Outback, Australia
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Income levels
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Historical Geography

• Aboriginal Histories
• Colonial Colonization Trade
• Pacific Positioning for the 21st Century

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Oceania

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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Oceania

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Regions States

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World Regional Geography
Oceania

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 11