GeographyFeatureAboutAustraliaImpressionAmazingUnexpectedStylishTemptingRelaxingAdventurousLiberatingInspiringAttractive嘆為觀止超乎想象時(shí)尚之巔誘人魅力悠然一刻體驗(yàn)極限自由自在靈感無限夢(mèng)縈魂?duì)縄t’s

a

place

you’ll

never

want

to

leave.INTRODUCTIONAustralia

is

the

largest

island

and

the

smallest

continent

in

the

world. It

is

located

in

the

southern

Hemisphere

and

lies

between

the

Indian Ocean

and

the

South

Pacific

Ocean.The

name

of

Australia

comes

from

the

Latin

phrase

“terra

australiaincognita”(the

unknown

southern

land).The

population

of

Australia

isalmost

twenty

million.

More

than

four-fifths

of

the

people

live

in

cities

and

towns

that

are

generally

incoastal

areas

near

the

mouth

of

a

river

and

as

close

as

possible

to

agood

ocean

harbour.Australia

is

marked

by

uplands

<山地>in

the

east,plateau<高原>in

the

west,lowlands

or

basins

and

plains

in

the

middle.INTRODUCTION30°35°15°20°25°Australia

lies

betweenlatitudes

9°

and

44°S,

andlongitudes

112°and

154°E.10°Equatorial<赤道的>/Tropical<熱帶的>/Subtropical<亞熱帶的>/Desert/Grassland/Temperate<溫帶的>The

Great

Dividing

Range<大分水嶺>is

in

the

southeast

and

is

Australia's

most

substantial

mountain

range

and

the

thirdlongest

land-based

range

in

the

world.It

consists

of

a

complex

of

mountain

ranges,

plateaus,

and

upland

areas.Mount

Kosciuszko<科西阿斯科山>is

a

mountain

located

intheSnowy

Mountains

in

NewSouth

Wales.It

isthe

highest

mountainin

Australia.（2,230

m）The

Murray

River<墨累河>The

longest

river

in

Australia.Originating

in

the

Eastern

uplands,

it

is3490

kilometers

long.Along

these

tributaries

as

well

as

the

Murrayitselfthereareextensivealluvialplains<沖積平原>.TheMurrayRiverandtheDarlingRiver<達(dá)令河>are

composed

of

the

Murray-DarlingBasin.Agood

place

to

plant

WheatThe

central

plains

and

basins

are

the

heartland

of

Australia.The

largest

basins

has

catchment(流域)extending

over

million

of

square

kilometers

incentral

and

northern

Australia.The

Great

Australian

Basin<大自流盆地>is

largest

artesian

basin<自留盆地>in

the

world.It

is

located

in

the

central

mainland

.The

Great

Australian

Basin

is

the

largestdistribution

of

groundwater

area

in

the

world.In

the

basin,

you

can

see

crowds

ofsheep

and

cows

everywhere.

As

aresult,

Australia

is

called

the

countryriding

on

the

sheep’s

back.The

western

plateau

iscomposed

mainly

ofdesert

and

semi-desert.The

area

is

rich

in

mineralresources.

Australia

iscalled

the

country

sittingon

the

tramcar.Ayers

Rock<艾爾斯巖石>is

a

large

sandstone

rock

formation

inthe

southern

part

of

the

NorthernTerritory

in

central

Australia.The

Great

Barrier

Reef<大堡礁>is

the

world‘s

largest

coral

reef

system<珊瑚礁群>composed

of

over

2,900

individual

reefs<暗礁>and

900islands

stretching

for

over

2,600

kilometres.The

reef

is

located

in

theCoral

Sea,

off

the

coastof

Queensland,

Australia.It

helps

to

limit

the

impact

of

human

use,such

as

fishing

andtourism.The

Heart

Reef(心形礁)Here，you

can

find

the

world‘s

richest

collection

ofcorals<珊瑚>,with

more

than

350

species.creaturesDuckbillEmuKangarooAmong

well-known

Australian

animals

are

the

monot