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Geography Stats: compare key data on Australia & South Sudan

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Border to area ratio: The ratio of a country's land border to its surface area.
  • Capital: Country capital.
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Highest point: Name of country’s highest point.
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Highest point elevation: Name of country’s highest point.
  • Highest town: Name of country’s highest permanent settlement, which is occupied year-round.
  • Lowest point altitude: Altitude.

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  • Lowest point: Lowest point.

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  • Continent or sub continent: Within Continent / Subcontinent.

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STAT Australia South Sudan HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states slightly smaller than Texas
Area > Total 7.74 million sq km
Ranked 7th. 12 times more than South Sudan
644,329 sq km
Ranked 43th.

Border to area ratio 0.0
Ranked 189th.
0.00745 km/km²
Ranked 104th.
Capital Canberra Juba
Climate generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall is heaviest in the upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north
Coastline 25,760 km
Ranked 7th.
0.0
Ranked 198th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m Kinyeti 3,187 m
Geographic coordinates 27 00 S, 133 00 E 8 00 N, 30 00 E
Note world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the only continent without glaciers; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; the invigorating sea breeze known as the "Fremantle Doctor" affects the city of Perth on the west coast and is one of the most consistent winds in the world The Sudd is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile, comprising more than 15% of the total area; it is one of the world's largest wetlands
Highest point Mawson Peak on Heard Island Kinyeti
Land area > Square miles 2.9 million square miles
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than South Sudan
239,285 square miles
Ranked 1st.
Location Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia
Map references Oceania Africa
Natural resources bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver
Terrain mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast the terrain gradually rises from plains in the north and center to southern highlands along the border with Uganda and Kenya; the White Nile, flowing north out of the uplands of Central Africa, is the major geographic feature of the country supporting agriculture and extensive wild animal populations; The Sudd (a name derived from floating vegetation that hinders navigation) is a large swampy area of more than 100,000 sq km fed by the waters of the White Nile that dominates the center of the country
Marine Coastline 25,760 km
Ranked 7th.
0.0
Ranked 198th.
Highest point elevation None
None
Highest town Cabramurra Torit
Lowest point altitude \u221215 m (\u221249 ft) 400 m (1,312 ft)
Lowest point Lake Eyre White Nile
Continent or sub continent Australia Africa

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