Transcript Chapter 32 Lesson 1

Chapter 32
Lesson 1
By: Emiliano Jemal, Austin
Benavides, Iliana Salazar,
Jack Warr,Mia Sauseda.
Vocabulary
Bush: A wild or sparsely inhabited region
Sunken Mountains: a high mountain range that has become submerged
Lagoon
Atoll: A ring-shaped island formed by the buildup of a coral reef on the rim of a submerged volcano
Caldera: A large volcanic crater
Lagoon: A shallow lake that is intermittently connected to a river, another lake, or the sea
Artesian wells: A well that brings pressurized water to the surface without pumping
Atoll
Caldera
Landforms
Few people live in the western plateau
The western plateau and the great dividing range are separated by the
central lowlands.
It has a sparsely inhabited areas called bush.
It is home to the great Victoria desert
It contains a central plateau of volcanic stone features hot springs and
several active volcanoes
An example of one of all the numerous plateaus is the nullarbor plain.
Water Systems
Australia is surrounded by water
Freshwater is unevenly distributed
Central lowlands- full with water after rainfall
Southeast- Rivers supply water that supports irrigated farming
New Zealand has abundant fresh water
Part of (OECD)
51% of NZs rivers and streams are catchments
Climates
● Australia
○ temperate zones
○ desert regions
● New Zealand
○ warm subtropical
○ cool temperate
● Winds from the Indian and Pacific Ocean
● tropical savanna across its low latitudes area in the north
Biomes
Marsupials
Kangaroos
Koalas
Wallabies
900 wetlands
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Great Barrier Reef
string of smaller reefs
Resources
● They have water resources provided for fishing and transportation and
trade.
● In this region farmers grow wheat, barley, fruit and sugarcane.
● And in the more arid regions ranchers raise cattle, sheep, and chickens.
● Australia and New Zealand also have abundant mineral sources.
● They have deposits of gold and silver.
● New Zealand main minerals include coal, gold, silver, iron limestone, clay
dolomite, pumice, salt, serpentinite, zeolite and bentonite.
What Influence does the Landscape have on the
Economy?
The people who live here depend heavily on the landscape because it determines what
resources they have to trade and sell. The landscape also determines what they can grow as crops and
where it is best for them to live. In addition to this, the landscape also influences what kind of jobs people
have and what occupations are more prominent in one area as opposed to another.
Citation page
McGraw world geography textbook
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