The Climate and Location of Australia

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1、TheClimateandLocationofAustraliaTheClimateandLocationofAustralialocationandsizeAtfirst,pleaselookatthesemapsaboutAustraliafromthismapswecanseethatAustralialiesinthesouthernHemisphere,betweentheIndianOceanandthePacificOcean.Thecountryissurroundedbysea:theArafuraSeaonthenorthand

2、thesouthernIndianOceanonthesouth.ThefullnameofAustraliaisTheCommonwealthofAustralia,whichconsistsofmainlandAustralia,theislandofTasmaniaandsomesmallerislands.Thewholecountryisdividedintosevenparts:WesternAustralis（西澳大利亚州),NorthernTerritory(北领地),SouthAustralia(南澳大利亚州),Queenslan

3、d(昆士兰州),Victoria(维克多利亚州),NewsouthWales(南威尔士州)Tasmania(塔斯马尼亚).Climatelookatthismapsandthinkaboutfollowingquestions.Question1:whichmonthsarethehottest/coldestmonthsinAustralia?andwhy.Question2:theresonwhytheclimateofAustraliavariesfromregiontoregion.Question3：Wherearethecountry'

4、slowestrainfallandwettestareas.TherainfallandclimatetypiesofAustraliathekeysofAustralianclimate1.AustralialiesintheSoutherHemisphere,whichmeansthatitsseasonsarethereverseofthoseinNorthernHemisphere.JanuaryandFebruaryarethehottestmonths,whileJuneandJulyarethecoldestmonths.2.The

5、climateofAustrialiavariesfromregiontoregionduetoitsdifferernttypesoflandscapesandrainfalls.Inthetropicalareaofthenorth,itiswarmextremelyhotalltheyearroundandthereisnowinter;Thetemperateregionsofthesouthenjoysamoderateclimate,withhotsummersandmildwinters;Thehighlandsandplateaus

6、ofTasmaniaandsoutheasternportionofthemainlandarethecoldestareas.3.ThearidityofAustraliastemsfromitsproximitytoequator,thedesertsofthecentralandweaternregionhaveanannualrainfalloflessthan250millimeters.LakeEyrehasthelowestrainfallinthiscountry,whilethenorthernQueenslandareaenjo

7、ysthewettestclimate.