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Chapter 31 Vocab
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Geography
9th Grade
12/07/2011

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Aborignes
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Australia's first peoples. Who came to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago.
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Artesian Wells
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Wells in which water flows naturally to the surface.
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Outback
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The Dry interior of Australia
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Marsupials
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Mammals that have puches to carry their young.
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Extensive Agricutlure
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Agriculture that uses much land but small inputs of capital and labor per unit area.
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Exotic Species
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New types of plants and animals that people introduce to the area.
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Great Dividing Range
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stretches more than 2,175 mi. from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria and turning west, before finally fading into the central plain at the Grampians in western Victoria.
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Central Lowlands
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The Central Lowlands stretch from the Gulf of Carpentaria through the Great Artesian Basin to the Murray-Darling Plains.
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Western Plateau
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2,700,000 square kilometres of arid land including large parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.
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Great Barrier Reef
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located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.
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Cape York Peninsula
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located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland.
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Tasmania
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an Australian island and state. It is 150 mi south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait.
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Murray River
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rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest,then turns south for its final South Australia, reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.
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Darling River
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the third longest river in Australia, (915 mi) from its source in northern New South Wales to the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales
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Great Artesian Basin
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only reliable source of freshwater through much of inland Australia. largest and deepest artesian basin in the world. 23% of the continent, including most of Queensland, the south-east corner of the Northern Territory, the north-east part of South Australia, and northern New South Wales.
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Lake Eyre
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the lowest point in Australia, at approximately 49 ft below sea level, and, on the rare occasions, it is the largest lake in Australia and 18th largest in the world.
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Sydney
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the most populated city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea.
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Melbourne
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the capital and most populated city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populated city in Australia.
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Bisbane
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the capital and most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populated city in Australia, and is also known as "The River City"
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Adelaide
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the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia
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Perth
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the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populated city in Australia.
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Canberra
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The Capital of Australia. located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory and south-west of Sydney.
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Maori
Definition
The first people in New Zealand.
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Economy of Scale
Definition
A large production of goods that reduces the production cost of each item.
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North Island
Definition
The North Island of New Zealand. Above South Island.
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Cook Strait
Definition
the strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific Ocean on the east.
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Southern Alps
Definition
along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the island's western side.
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Canterbury Plains
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an area in New Zealand centred to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region.
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Auckland
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in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populated urban area in the country
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Wellington
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the capital city and third most populated urban area of New Zealand,at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range.
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