FACTOID # 12: Australia has more than 28 times the land area of New Zealand, but its coastline is not even twice as long.
 
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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
Area > Land 7,617,930 sq km Time series [7th of 238]
Area > Total 7,686,850 sq km Time series [12th of 250]
Capital city with population Canberra - 307,700
Climate
generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Forested Land 20.1% [122nd of 193]
Geographic coordinates 27 00 S, 133 00 E Time series
Land use > Arable land 6.15% Time series [141st of 258]
Largest city
Sydney
Largest city population 3,590,000 [30th of 174]
Largest city with population Sydney - 4,350,986
Location
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Map references
Oceania
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; note: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports
Population density 2.47 people per sqkm [224th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 2.65 people/m² Time series [201st of 204]
Precipitation 1,304 mm [24th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km 7,741,220 km² Time series [6th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain
Kosciuszko

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; 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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Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

28th March 2005
Hi Sally, you could generate a graph from this weather (temperature and rainfall) table.
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