Australia topic
bearing clouds are blown away.
An EL Nino occurs every four or five years causing droughts and bushfires. Droughts are
often followed by floods.
Plant Life
A long time ago Australia was separated form other countries. This movement caused the
difference of species, plants and animal form the other countrys. The water controls the type
of vegetation in a country.
The two main types of vegetation are the eucalyptus or gum trees and acacia or wattles. The
eucalypts are found all over Australia. There are more than 500 varieties of gum trees in
Australia. Australia is the home of some 600 species of acacia. These trees develop smaller,
leathery leaves to avoid loss of water.
Australia has over 155 million hectares of native forest, about 80 per cent of which are
eucalypt.
Animal life
Australia is a continent sized museum of ancient animals. Anteater and platypus are the two
of the strangest animals in the world. They are really reptile mammals
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