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The 2022 south eastern Australia floods are a series of floods that have occurred in south-eastern Australia [nb 1] since October 2022. [6] Some towns experienced the highest river peaks in decades, [7] and many places saw rivers peak multiple times. The floods were attributed to excess torrential rain caused by La Niña and a negative Indian ...
Off the north-eastern coast of Australia is the world's largest coral reef complex, the Great Barrier Reef. The large and mountainous island of Tasmania, also a State of Australia, lies south of the south-eastern corner of the Australian mainland. It receives abundant rainfall, and has highly fertile soils particularly in comparison to the ...
It runs roughly parallel to the east coast of Australia and forms the fifth-longest land-based mountain chain in the world, and the longest entirely within a single country. It is mainland Australia's most substantial topographic feature and serves as the definitive watershed for the river systems in eastern Australia, hence the name.
On 7 April, the floods forced Picton, New South Wales to be placed under an evacuation warning as the Stonequarry Creek continued to rise. Camden, New South Wales was inundated as the floodwaters rose. [52] On 2 July, Camden, New South Wales was ordered to evacuate for the fourth time of the year due more major flooding. [53]
The Murraylands region takes its name from the River Murray, which runs through it and the Riverland, to its north, for 200 kilometres (120 miles) The South Australian Railways constructed 707 kilometres (439 miles) of lightly built railway lines, mainly in the 1910s, to encourage agricultural development throughout the Murraylands and what is now designated as the Riverland
The South Eastern Highlands is an interim Australian bioregion in eastern Australia, that spans parts of the states and territories of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. The bioregion comprises 8,375,961 hectares (20,697,450 acres) and is approximately 3,860 kilometres (2,400 mi) long.
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a state in southeastern Australia.It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.9 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km 2).
Köppen climate types in South Australia Satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes (white patches) in the north. Southern areas of South Australia have a Mediterranean climate, while the rest of the state has a drier arid climate and semi-arid climate. [9] The state's mean temperature range is 29 °C in January and 15 °C ...