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  2. Oodnadatta - Wikipedia

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    There is a large sign in Oodnadatta claiming the town is "The driest town, the driest state of the driest Continent". [37] Extreme temperatures have ranged from −4.0 °C (24.8 °F) on 16 July 1979 to 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) on 20 February 1983; the highest reliably measured maximum temperature in Australia.

  3. Deserts of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The desert in western Australia is well explained by the little evaporation of the cold sea current of the West Australian Current, of polar origin, which prevents significant rainfall in the interior of the continent. [3] About 40% of Australia is covered by dunes. [5] Australia is the driest inhabited continent, [6] [7] with the least fertile ...

  4. Climate of Australia - Wikipedia

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    A place inland near Lake Eyre (in South Australia) would only receive 81 mm (3 in) of rain annually. [92] Another place, Troudaninna Bore (, altitude : 46 m) in South Australia, from 1893 to 1936, received, in average, 104.9 mm (4.13 inches) of precipitation.

  5. Drought in Australia - Wikipedia

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    South-east Australia experienced its second driest year on record in 2006, particularly affecting the major agricultural region of the Murray–Darling basin. [ 32 ] 2007 saw record temperatures across the south of Australia, and only patchy rain; promising early year rains contrasted with a very dry July–October period, meaning that drought ...

  6. Geography of Australia - Wikipedia

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    As Australia is the driest inhabited continent, such droughts can limit the streamflow of the few major rivers in the country, creating a myriad of knock-on effects. [27] Droughts are especially detrimental to Australian agricultural industries, who face unpredictability in their quantity of produce.

  7. Australia records driest October since 2002 due to El Nino - AOL

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    Australia recorded the driest October in more than 20 years due to an El Nino weather pattern which has seen hot, dry conditions hit crop yields in one of the world's largest wheat exporters, the ...

  8. Water restrictions in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Level 5 water restrictions in Goulburn in 2006. Pejar dam, the water supply for Goulburn in November 2005. Water restrictions have been enacted in many cities and regions in Australia, which is the Earth's driest inhabited continent, [1] in response to chronic water shortages resulting from the widespread drought.

  9. List of extreme points of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Planimetric centre of gravity for continental Australia – Lambert Gravitational Centre, Northern Territory Furthest point from the coastline – Between Papunya and Lake Lewis , Northern Territory ( 23°02′S 132°10′E  /  23.033°S 132.167°E  / -23.033; 132.167