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| <br><i>land:</i> | <br><i>land:</i> | ||
| 7,617,930 sq km | 7,617,930 sq km | ||
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| 68,920 sq km | |||
| <br><i>note:</i> | |||
| includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island | |||
| <p><b>Land boundaries:</b> | |||
| 0 km | |||
| <p><b>Coastline:</b> | |||
| 25,760 km | |||
| <p><b>Maritime claims:</b> | |||
| <br><i>contiguous zone:</i> | |||
| 24 nm | |||
| <br><i>continental shelf:</i> | |||
| 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin | |||
| <br><i>exclusive economic zone:</i> | |||
| 200 nm | |||
| <br><i>territorial sea:</i> | |||
| 12 nm | |||
| <p><b>Climate:</b> | |||
| generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north | |||
| <p><b>Terrain:</b> | |||
| mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast | |||
| <p><b>Elevation extremes:</b> | |||
| <br><i>lowest point:</i> | |||
| Lake Eyre -15 m | |||
| <br><i>highest point:</i> | |||
| Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m | |||
| <p><b>Natural resources:</b> | |||
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| <p><b>Land use:</b> | |||
| <br><i>arable land:</i> | |||
| 6% | |||
| <br><i>permanent crops:</i> | |||
| 0% | |||
| <br><i>permanent pastures:</i> | |||
| 54% | |||
| <br><i>forests and woodland:</i> | |||
| 19% | |||
| <br><i>other:</i> | |||
| 21% (1993 est.) | |||
| <p><b>Irrigated land:</b> | |||
| 21,070 sq km (1993 est.) | |||
| <p><b>Natural hazards:</b> | |||
| cyclones along the coast; severe droughts and occasional floods; frequent bushfires | |||
| <p><b>Environment - current issues:</b> | |||
| soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; limited natural fresh water resources | |||
| <p><b>Environment - international agreements:</b> | |||
| <br><i>party to:</i> | |||
| Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling | |||
| <br><i>signed, but not ratified:</i> | |||
| Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification | |||
| <p><b>Geography - note:</b> | |||
| world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; regular, tropical, invigorating, sea breeze known as "the Doctor" occurs along the west coast in the summer | |||
| ==Reference== | |||
| ''Much of the material in this article comes from the ] 2000.'' | |||
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| :''See also :'' ], ], ] | |||
Revision as of 07:27, 8 July 2003
Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
File:As-map.jpg
Geographic coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Map references:
Area:
total:
7,686,850 sq km
land:
7,617,930 sq km