Thursday, February 24, 2011

1.5 Australia's major landforms and drainage basins

1: Western Plateau, Central Lowlands and Eastern Highlands

2: Brindabella range north of Canberra to the Baw Baw Range east of Melbourne

3: Due to erosion the peaks of the mountain are rounded and they have been around longer then the Europe mountains

4: 335 K's south west of Alice Springs

5: Uluru formerly known as Ayers Rock is located 335 kilometers south west of Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. It is the second largest monolith in the world measuring 9.4 kilometers around the base and extending many kilometers underground

6:  Because of the way the sun's rays passes through the atmosphere

7: It is a area of land which has been drained by a river and its tributaries

8: Murray Darling Basin and Lake Eyre Basins are the biggest Basins in the world

9: Murray, Darling and Franklin

10: It is believed that it flows into the Simpson Desert

11: Only flows a few days each year

12: The Franklin River remains wild and free in Tasmania. The river became synonymous with conservation ever since the 'Battle to Save the Franklin' rescued it from damming for hydro-electric power in the 1980's

13:  The Commonwealth was given the power over states and territories on nationally important environmental decisions. 

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