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1、AustraliaTheCommonwealthofAustraliaThenameAustraliaderivedfromtheLatinaustralis,meaning"southern".Sincetheearly20thcentury,thecountryhasbeenreferredtoasAussieiscommoncolloquially,asanadjectiveandanounreferringtoanAustralian.Geography一.GEOGRAPHY1.Locationandsizeolocation:itstretchfrom10to44sou
2、thoflatitudeand113eastto154eastoflongitude.ItissurroundedbytheTasman[t?zm?n]Sea(塔斯曼海(在澳大利亞和新西蘭之間))andthePacificOceantotheeast,bytheIndianOceantothewest,bytheCoralSea(珊瑚海),theArafuraSea(阿拉弗拉海)andTimorSea(帝汶海)tothenorth,andtheSouthernIndianOceanandtheGreatAustralianBight(澳大利亞海灣)tothesouth.thehi
3、ghestpoint:MountKosciusko(科西阿斯克山峰)_(2,225metershigh)Area:-----7.7millionsquarekilometers-----Theworld'ssmallestcontinentandsixthlargestcountrybytotalarea,Australia–owingtoitssizeandisolationisoftendubbedthe'islandcontinentandvariablyconsideredtheworld'slargestisland.----Australiahas34,218kil
4、ometersofcoastline(excludingalloffshoreislands)2.Geographicregions---TheEasternhighlands---TheCentral-Easternlowlands---TheWesternPlateau---theoutbackusuallyrefertotheinteriorandthecenteroftheWesternPlateauanditsnorthernplains,---theRedCenteranareawithred-brownandtansoilsintheheartofthecou
5、ntry.theGreatWesternPlateau:avastuplandmadeofancientrock;alandratherflatandabout300metersabovesealevel,theinterioroftheplateaumadeupoftheGreatSandyDesert,theGibsonDesert,theGreatVictoriaDesertandtheNullarborPlai-----theEasternHighlands:-----theGreatDivingRange***theAustralianAlps,thehighes
6、tplateauinAustralia;***MountKosciusko,thehighestpeakinAustralia,***ThelongestriverinAustralia:theMurray(2,520km),formthemajorpartoftheboundarybetweenthestatesofNewSouthWalesandVictoriabeforeitenterstheseainSouthAustralia.-----thecentralLowlands:LakyEyreregardedasAustralia'slargestlake.3.Cl
7、imate---factorsthataffectAustralia'sclimate(1)ahotcontinent(2)adrycontinent(3)causesofthehotanddryclimate:----latitude:mostofAustralialiesbetween20to35south;----Australiahasfewmountains;----theairmassesthataffectAustraliaformostoft