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Australia has a wide variety of climates due to its large geographical size. The largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately fertile soil. The northern part of the country has a tropical climate, varying between grasslands and desert. Australia holds many ...
By far the largest part of Australia is arid or semi-arid. A total of 18% of Australia's mainland consists of named deserts, [20] while additional areas are considered to have a desert climate based on low rainfall and high temperature. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately fertile soil.
Australia is vulnerable to the effects of global warming projected for the next 50 to 100 years because of its extensive arid and semi-arid areas, and already warm climate, high annual rainfall variability. The continent's high fire risk increases this susceptibility to changes in temperature and climate.
STORY: Large swathes of southeast Australia are underwater, forcing thousands to evacuate – and flood-hit regions are expecting more rain in the forecast.So why is Australia flooding?The floods ...
There are other areas in Australia designated as desert that are not related to the Australian deserts mentioned above. On Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia is an area of two square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) called the Little Sahara, a formation of several sand dunes on its south
Australia's climatic zones. Most of Australia is semi-arid or desert, [28] making it the world's driest continent after Antarctica. The movement of the monsoon trough is linked to the peak of the rainy season within the continent. [29] Northern portions of the continent see the most rainfall, which is concentrated in the summer months.
Aboriginal people’s ancestors carefully cleared land and plants in the area, research finds
The Australian High west of Tasmania over the Indian Ocean. The Australian High tends to follow the seasonal variation in position of the sun; it is strongest and most persistent during the southern hemisphere summer and weakest during winter when it shifts towards the interior of Australia, as the westerly frontal systems becomes more active in the region around the Bight, thereby allowing ...