1. What are the three main land regions in Australia?
2. Where are the Australian Alps?
3. Why are the mountains in the Australian Alps rounded in shape?
4. Explain why uluru appears to change color?
5. Which are the three longest rivers in Australia?
6. Where does all the water in the Lake Eyre Basin go?
7. What is unusual about the Finke River?
8.Where is the Franklin river and why has it become synonymous with conversation?
9. What court ruling eventually saved the Franklin?
2. Where are the Australian Alps?
3. Why are the mountains in the Australian Alps rounded in shape?
4. Explain why uluru appears to change color?
5. Which are the three longest rivers in Australia?
6. Where does all the water in the Lake Eyre Basin go?
7. What is unusual about the Finke River?
8.Where is the Franklin river and why has it become synonymous with conversation?
9. What court ruling eventually saved the Franklin?
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1. What are the three main land regions in Australia?
Eastern Highlands, Central Lowlands, Western Plateau
2. Where are the Australian Alps?
Northeast Victoria and Southeastern New South Wales.
3. Why are the mountains in the Australian Alps rounded in shape?
Erosion over eons of time.
4. Explain why Uluru appears to change color?
Suns rays going through thicker atmosphere as the sunset approaches.
5. Which are the three longest rivers in Australia?
Murray, Murrumbidgee, Darling
6. Where does all the water in the Lake Eyre Basin go?
Evaporation. There is no river outlet.
7. What is unusual about the Finke River?
It is usually a series of waterholes but in times of flash flooding it becomes a torrent.
8.Where is the Franklin river and why has it become synonymous with conversation?
Western Tasmania. Conservationists stopped a dam being built on the Gordon below Franklin.
9. What court ruling eventually saved the Franklin?
Commonwealth vs Tasmania 1983.;
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Eastern Highlands, Central Lowlands, Western Plateau
2. Where are the Australian Alps?
Northeast Victoria and Southeastern New South Wales.
3. Why are the mountains in the Australian Alps rounded in shape?
Erosion over eons of time.
4. Explain why Uluru appears to change color?
Suns rays going through thicker atmosphere as the sunset approaches.
5. Which are the three longest rivers in Australia?
Murray, Murrumbidgee, Darling
6. Where does all the water in the Lake Eyre Basin go?
Evaporation. There is no river outlet.
7. What is unusual about the Finke River?
It is usually a series of waterholes but in times of flash flooding it becomes a torrent.
8.Where is the Franklin river and why has it become synonymous with conversation?
Western Tasmania. Conservationists stopped a dam being built on the Gordon below Franklin.
9. What court ruling eventually saved the Franklin?
Commonwealth vs Tasmania 1983.;
Good luck on your subject course.