Map of Oceania.Oceania is also a region, and includes the country/ continent of Australia, along with New Zealand and many small island countries and territories in the South Pacific. Australia is the world's smallest continent, with a land area of about 3 million square miles. 1. (A) Australia's major cities: three east of the Great Dividing Range Great Dividing Range, crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea. : -- two on the southern coast: --; one on the west coast: (B) Almost one third of Australia is desert. Name Australia's three large deserts: -- (C) The world's largest undersea coral reef runs parallel to Australia's northeastern coast. Its name: -- (D) Australia's island state located off its southern coast: -- 2. Identify these countries, then name their capitals: -- (A) 40[degrees]S, 176[degrees]E: -- (B) 10[degrees]S, 150[degrees]E: -- 3. Which country owns or governs these Pacific islands? (A) Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.185 sq mi (479 sq km), comprising 16 islands (6 inhabited) of the Marianas chain (all except Guam), in the W Pacific and Guam: -- (B) New Caledonia and Tahiti: -- 4. Calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) from Wellington, New Zealand, to Brisbane, Australia: -- Map of Oceania 1. (A) Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra; Adelaide, Melbourne; Perth (B) Great Sandy Desert Great Sandy Desert Wasteland, northern Western Australia. It extends from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into the Northern Territory and from the Kimberley Downs south to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Gibson Desert. , Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert (C) Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. (D) Tasmania 2. (A) New Zealand; Wellington (B) Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y ; Port Moresby 3. (A) U.S. (B) France 4. 1,600 miles |
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