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The deserts in the interior and south lack any significant summer rains. 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]
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. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately ...
Deserts of Victoria (state) (3 P) Deserts of Western Australia (3 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Deserts of Australia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of ...
This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in which the desert is located. ... Tanami Desert in Australia. ... United States.
Like many of Australia's deserts, precipitation is high by desert standards, but with the driest regions recording total rainfall a little below 250 mm (9.8 in). The heat of Australia’s ground surface, in turn, creates a massive evaporation cycle, which partially explains the higher-than-normal desert rainfall.
Geography of Australia by state or territory (20 C, ... Pages in category "Geography of Australia" ... Deserts of Australia;
The black swan is the state bird of Western Australia. The red-and-green kangaroo paw is the floral emblem of Western Australia. Snow in the state is rare and typically only in the Stirling Range near Albany, as it is the only mountain range far enough south and with sufficient elevation. More rarely, snow can fall on the nearby Porongurup Range.
A four wheel drive in the Gibson Desert. The Gibson Desert is a large desert in Western Australia, largely in an almost pristine state.It is about 155,000 square kilometres (60,000 sq mi) in size, making it the fifth largest desert in Australia, after the Great Victoria, Great Sandy, Tanami and Simpson deserts.