Australia and Oceania

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Australia and Oceania
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Australia

• Great Dividing Range
• Rivers
• Western Plateau
• Outback
• Nullarbor Plain
• Dry treeless plain

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• Water supply
• Murray river
• Darling river
• Great Artesian Basin
• Largest and deepest in the world
• Only reliable source of fresh water
• Great Barrier Reef
• Largest reef system (more than 2, 500 reefs)
• Extends 1,250miles
• Tourism 1 billion aus.

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New Zealand

• North Island
• South Island
• Both have beaches, rich soil, mountains
• Mt. Cook
• Southern Alps, highest peak
• Called Aorangi by Maori
• Cantebury plains
• Most fertile area

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Oceania

• Three groups
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia
• Many volcanic islands
• Atolls
• Build up of coral reefs

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Resources

• Australia
• Agriculture
• Only 10 of land is arable
• Wheat, fruit, cattle, sheep, etc
• Minerals
• Gold, Bauxite (used for aluminum), opals, oil,
  iron ore, etc

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• New Zealand
• Fertile soil
• Sheep and wool dominate export
• Timber
• Powerful rivers
• Hydroelectric powers 75 of countrys energy
• Geothermal energy
• Fishing
• Tuna, marlin, sharks, cod

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Antarctica

• Ice cap cover 98
• 70 of worlds fresh water
• 2x size Australia
• Desert
• Less than 10inches percip.
• Divided by Transantarctic Mountains
• Antarctic Treaty 1959
• 12 countries sign (now 46)
• No military activity, only scientific research

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• Identify and illustrate the following terms
• Wattle -Lichens
• Doldrums -Mauka
• Typhoons
• 1. What climate supports most of Australia's
  agricultural lands?
• 2. Describe the factor that prevents temperature
  extremes in New Zealand
• 3. What problems might researchers encounter in
  Antarctic, and how could these conditions be
  overcome?

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