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City of Alice Springs, Элис-Спрингс, Alice Springs

  

The Australian city of Alice Springs or Alice Springs ( Alice Springs),located in the south Northern Territory, the city's population 26,5 thousand people, is the second largest city residents in the Northern Territory.

Residents of Australia, Alice Springs Town, referred to simply as Alice, and the language of the Aboriginal name of the city sounds like "Mparntve".

  

  

City of Alice Springs is located in the geographical center of Australia, it is well away from the cities of Adelaide and Darwin. Distances near the coast around 1200 километров, and to the nearest town – 1500 километроKilometers

City of Alice Springs – odnin of the richest cities in Australia, main source of income is tourism city, this is due to the high number of Aboriginal. Also, the city Alice Springs is the center of railways and highways connecting the north and south of the continent.

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The predominant landscape - ridge of sand dunes, average height is - 10-12 м, Maximum - up to 30 м. Ridges up to 5mkm stretch in the latitudinal direction, that is caused by the direction of the prevailing trade winds. In the region there are numerous lakes, salt marshes, occasionally filled with water: Disappoyntment the south, Mackay in the east, Gregory the north, which feeds the River Sturt Creek.

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Great Victoria Desert

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Great Victoria Desert - the largest desert of Australia, occupies 4% area of ​​the continent, eë
area 424 400 км², at the same length from east to west is over 700 km.

To the north of the Great Victoria Desert is located Gibson Desert, Hugo k - plane Nallarbor. The average annual rainfall varies from 200 before 250 mm of rain, thunderstorms often occur. Daytime temperatures in summer is 32-40 ° C, 18-23 ° C in winter. Due to the unfavorable climatic conditions in the desert is not any agricultural activity. It is a protected area of ​​Western Australia.

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