AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA – location and borders, – location and borders, climate, geographyclimate, geography

Autor:Autor: Ing. Vladimír Havlík

Autor je výhradním tvůrcem materiálu.

Datum vytvoření:Datum vytvoření: 20. 07. 2013

Klíčová slovaKlíčová slova: AUSTRALIA – location and borders, geography

Anotace:Anotace: prezentace je určena na získání základních znalostí o geografii, klimatu a poloze Austrálie. Ve zpracovaném materiálu jsou také cvičení k procvičení.

Způsob využití:Způsob využití: určeno pro výklad a procvičení základních znalostí o geografii, klimatu a poloze Austrálie. Tyto znalosti je možno využít u maturity z anglického jazyka na středních školách.

Číslo šablonyČíslo šablony: VY_32_INOVACE_ANJ_17

AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography

LOCATION AND BORDERSLOCATION AND BORDERS

AustraliaAustralia Australia is an insularinsular (ostrovní) continentcontinent. It lies south-east offsouth-east off

AsiaAsia. It covers the area of about 7 700 000 sq. kilometres. Australia is almost as large as the USAis almost as large as the USA. The eastern coast of Australia is washed by the Pacific Oceanthe Pacific Ocean and the west coast by by the Indianthe Indian. .

Tasmania liesTasmania lies 240 km 240 km south south. . Nearest is Nearest is IndonesiaIndonesia, , Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea in the north. in the north. FijiFiji is in the east and is in the east and New ZealandNew Zealand is south-east off Australia. is south-east off Australia.

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CLIMATECLIMATE It´s a very dry continent with little rainIt´s a very dry continent with little rain (s malým množstvím

deště) and some areas are completely drysome areas are completely dry. A majority of people lives on the south-east coast.on the south-east coast.

This continent has the least mountainsthe least mountains and it is the driest continent in the whole word. The deserts cover one third of the deserts cover one third of the surface of Australiasurface of Australia.

The climate changes according to the altitudeThe climate changes according to the altitude (nadmořské výšky). The The coldest weather is in the mountainscoldest weather is in the mountains, in the south-eastin the south-east and in Tasmaniain Tasmania. It regularly snows at these places.

AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA – location and borders, climate, – location and borders, climate, geographygeography

CLIMATECLIMATE The weather in the North is hot because it is near the equator

(rovník). The warmest period of the year is in January and February. In the central and western parts of Australia, there are long

periods of dry weather. Sometimes there are floodsSometimes there are floods (povodně) and typhoonstyphoons (tajfuny) on the north-west and east coasts.

GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY Australia is the smallestthe smallest, , youngest continent, with the lowest youngest continent, with the lowest

population densitypopulation density and lying in the Southern HemisphereSouthern Hemisphere between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans.

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GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY It is a lonely continent and it is often said that Australia lies at the Australia lies at the

edge of the worldedge of the world, divided from other continents by long distances.

SURFACESURFACE Nearly half of the continent occupies thethe Great Western PlateauGreat Western Plateau

on the west, in central part there are also three big deserts - the three big deserts - the Great Sandy Desert, the Gibson DesertGreat Sandy Desert, the Gibson Desert and the Great Victoria the Great Victoria Desert.Desert.

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GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHYSURFACE

The Central LowlandsThe Central Lowlands are mostly covered by tropic forests and savannah with occasional creeks and rivers which become dry in become dry in the dry seasonsthe dry seasons as well as three large lakesthree large lakes - - Lake Eyre, Lake Lake Eyre, Lake TorrensTorrens and Lake GairdnerLake Gairdner..

On the north-east coast there is the Great Barrier Reefthe Great Barrier Reef - it is the the largest coral reeflargest coral reef (útes) in the world.

RIVERS Many of Australian´s rivers are filled with water only during the water only during the

rainy seasonrainy season. Also most of Australian´s lakes are dry for months.

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GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHYRIVERS

The longest riverThe longest river is the the Murray-DarlingMurray-Darling (Darling = tributary – přítok). Its length is 3 780 kilometres.

Most rivers are small and they dry updry up (vysychají) because there is not enough rain.

MOUNTAINS East part occupies the Great Dividing Rangethe Great Dividing Range and in the south-east

there are the Australian Alpsthe Australian Alps with the highest mountain Mount Mount KasciuscoKasciusco. Its height is 2 230 m.

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CVIČENÍCVIČENÍChoose the correct answerChoose the correct answer(s):(s):

1. The deserts cover ……… of the surface of Australia. a) one thirdb) two thirdsc) the halfd) two quarters

2. The warmest period of the year is in …….. and ……… .a) Februaryb) Junec) Julyd) January

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CVIČENÍCVIČENÍ

Fill in the gaps with information from the ellipse below the text to get correct statements. You will not use all information there.You will not use all information there.

a) The eastern coast of Australia is washed by the ………. and the west coast by the ………. .

b) This continent has the ………. mountains of all continents. c) Nearly half of the continent occupies the ……… . d) The highest mountain of Australia is Mount Kasciusco. Its height is

above……….. m.

Pacific Ocean Australian Alps least Great Dividing Range3,000 4,000 2,000Great Western Plateau most Indian Ocean

Zpracoval: Ing. Vladimír Havlík

Bibliografie:Bibliografie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

Obrázky:Obrázky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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