Australia and Oceania
Interesting Areas
Landforms
-50% of rivers go inland and form saltlakes in Australia
-Australia moves north about 7 centimeters a year
-River Murray is Australia's longest river
-10 deserts make up about 20% of Australia, like Great Victoria and Great Sandy
-20,000 to 30,000 islands in Oceania
Popular Places and Areas
-Great Barrior Reef
-Sydney Opera House
-Easter Island, with famous statues known as moai
Climate
-Australai is mostly desert and grassland, with temperate and tropical on the coasts
-most of Oceania is either temperate or tropical
Natural Resources
-Australia: beef, sheep, grains, dairy, sugar cane, coal, cotton, rice, plants, and fruit trees
-Ocenaia: sheep, lumber, fishing, minerals
Population
Autralia: 22.62 million
Oceania: 35.67 million
Very Basic History
-during the 17th and 18th centuries european explorers found Australia
-in 1797 sheep were brought to Australia
-most of oceania was found before the 1900s