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Oceania > Australia > Geography

AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Capital city with population Canberra - 307,700
Forested Land 20.1% [122nd of 193]
Largest city
Sydney
Largest city population 3,590,000 [30th of 174]
Largest city with population Sydney - 4,350,986
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [8th of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [13th of 190]
Natural hazards
cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires
Natural resources
bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
northernmost point > Latitude 09°16'S
Population density 2.47 people per sqkm [224th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 2.65 people/m² ... [201st of 204]
Precipitation 1,304 mm [24th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 4.86 people/km² of arable lan ... [74th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 7,741,220 km² ... [6th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain
Kosciuszko
Terrain
mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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