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Köppen map of Western Australia A four-wheel drive in the Gibson Desert. Most of Western Australia has a hot arid and semi-arid climate. However, the south-west corner of the state has a Mediterranean climate. [73] The area was originally heavily forested, including large stands of the karri, one of the world's tallest trees.
The monsoon climate of northern Australia is hot and humid in summer. A banana farm in Far North Queensland, 2018 A crocodile in Danggu Gorge National Park in the Kimberley, 2008. Almost all of Northern Australia is a huge ancient craton that has not experienced geological upheaval since the end of the Precambrian.
The Australian monsoon (AUM), also known as the Australian summer monsoon (ASM), [2] and the Australian-Indonesian monsoon (AIM), [3] is a monsoon system that increases thunderstorms and rainfall over many areas of Indonesia and northern Australia, from the far northern tropics of the region to the semi-arid zone of Australia, typically between ...
Relief map showing major rivers of Australia Climate of Australia. The Australian environment ranges from virtually pristine Antarctic territory and rainforests to degraded industrial areas of major cities. Forty distinct ecoregions have been identified across the Australian mainland and islands. Central Australia has a very dry climate.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] It has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania.
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia regions map. [8] The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan area, is a series of nine regions. The nine defined regions are: Gascoyne; Goldfields–Esperance
This climate is rare and is predominantly found in climate fringes and isolated areas of the Cascades and Andes Mountains, as the dry-summer climate extends further poleward in the Americas than elsewhere. [10] Rare instances of this climate can be found in some coastal locations in the North Atlantic and at high altitudes in Hawaii.
Climate map of Australia 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.