1、Australia has many characteristics that made it unique.For example,it’s flora and fauna,it’s nature resources,it’s landform,it’s river systems and it’s human characteristics.
The reason why there are many physical features is because the continent was isolated from others millions of years ago.
Australia has unique plants and animals.80% of plants there cannot be seen anywhere else around the world naturally.They’ve got wet and dry sclerophyll forests,bush lands,rainforests and so on.There are special types of animals here like the marsupials and monotremes.It’s because their predators and competitors do not exist there.Other animals like reptiles,amphibians,birds are very different there too.They all developed features that suits the Australia environment.
Australia hasn’t got a lot of water resources but there are other resources like mineral and energy which they’ve got a lot.The most important mineral exports are iron ore,bauxite and so on.Most of them can be found in the western plateau region.Energy like fuel are from swamps buried millions of years ago.
Australia has unique landform.It’s the flattest and lowest continent on the earth.The highest mountain there (Mt.Kosciusko) is 2228 meters high.
The biggest drainage basin here is the Murry-Daring drainage basin.It holds the Murry River and the Daring River and flow to the Great Australia Bright.
People in Australia are very unique as well.Australia is a multi-culture country which have people from many culture backgrounds.It has the most culture diversity in the world.
So as we can see,Australia is a very unique country with unique physical and human characteristics.
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澳大利亚详细介绍 1
General Facts 一般常识
Australian Icons 澳大利亚概况
History 历史
Government 政府
Aussie Culture 澳洲文化
Some Information in this section taken from:NICHOLSON,Margaret.The Pocket Aussie Fact Book.Penguin Books Australia,Ringwood (Victoria),Australia,1999.
这里的一些信息来自：NICHOLSON,Margaret.澳洲常识小册子,澳大利亚企鹅出版社,维多利亚,澳大利亚,1999.
General Facts 一般常识
Australia is a land of contrasts and diversity.Its landscape ranges from desert and bushland in the central areas,to rainforest in the North,to snowfields in the South East.Australia's nearest neighbour is Papua New Guinea,200km north.Australia lies 1920km west of New Zealand,and 2000km to the north of Antarctica.
澳大利亚是一个多元化的大陆,她的地域有沙漠、中部地区未开垦的地区、北方的热带雨林和东南部的广袤雪原.澳大利亚最近的邻国是其北部200km 的巴布亚新几内亚,澳大利亚位于新西兰以西1920千米,南极洲以北2000千米.
(The following information is based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics)
以下数据来自澳大利亚统计署
Some facts on Australians you may not be aware of...
一些你可能没有注意过的澳大利亚知识：
About one in four Australians were born in another country
Roughly one in four Australians have one or both parents born overseas
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up approximately 2% of the population
Approximately 17% of Australians speak a language other than English at home
There are 170 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
There are more than 100 different ethnic groups
Approximately 70% of 'Aussies' live in one of the eight major cities.
四分之一的澳大利亚人出生在其他国家.
几乎四分之一的澳大利亚人的父母一个或两个出生在其他国家.
土著和托雷斯海峡岛民占澳大利亚人口的近2%.
近17%的澳大利亚人在家说英文以外的语言.
有170种土著和托雷斯海峡岛民的语言.
有超过100个以上的异教团体.
近70%的澳洲人居住在八个主要的城市
Some facts on South Australia you may not know...
南澳大利亚你可能不知道的事情
Most South Australians (around 75 per cent) live in and around Adelaide
The indigenous people of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people
大部分南澳大利亚人（大约75%）居住在阿德莱德或其附近.
阿德莱德区的土著居民是Kaurna族.
