"sandhills" - 1 õppematerjal

Topic – Australia

In some years it barely flows at all. The river has a high salt content and declining water quality Deserts Deserts of Australia cover a large portion of the land in Australia. Most of the deserts lie in the central and northwestern part of the country. The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. It falls inside the states of South Australia and Western Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grasslands and salt lakes. It is over 700 kilometres (435 miles) wide (from west to east) and covers and area of 424,400 square kilometres. It is the biggest desert in Australia. There are also Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, and Simpson Desert. 5. Climate Rainfall plays a very important part in the lives of the Australian people. People mostly live in the south and east part of the country. The climate in those parts is suitable for farming and ranching. In Northern