Geography, ternitoni and climate of australia

Geography and Climate

Geographic Information

Australia is the only country in the world that occupies a single continent!

The Australian continent has a land mass of 7.69 million km2, being more or less the same size as the USA less Alaska. The distance from north to south is 3.700 km and a flight between Adelaide and Darwin takes 3 hours 40 minutes. The distance from east to west is 4000 km and a flight between Sydney and Perth takes 5 hours.

The Australian population is 22 million people.

Because the population is very small relative to the size of the country, the Australian Government has been able to create large system of national parks and state forests. The system of national parks extends right across the country, protecting fragile landscapes and animal species and preserving spectacular geological formations from the cities edge to the Outback.