Australia. Guide to Australia

‘Desert’

Танами (Tanami) - Rocky-sandy desert in the north of Australia. Tanami Desert occupies the central part of Northern Territory of Australia and a small area north-eastern part of Western Australia. To the south-east of the desert town is Alice Springs, and to the west - Great Sandy Desert.

  

  

The desert is a typical central Australian desert steppe areas with extensive sandy plains. The main landforms are sand dunes and sandy plains, and small water pools of the river Lander, where there are holes with water, drying up swamps and salt lakes.

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Тирари (Tirari) - Desert,located in the South Australia and takes 0.2% area of ​​the continent. Tirari adjacent to the wilderness of the area Simpson Desert, which is located on the north, Also located on the east Strzelecki Desert and the north-east - Sturt Stony Desert.

In the desert Tirari are several salt lakes, Including Lake Eyre. The desert was opened in 1866 Year.

Западная Австралия (Western Australia) - The largest of the Australian states, occupying a third of the continent. State jurisdiction Western Australia Is 2,646 million miles. To the east is bordered by State Northern Territory and South Australia. The capital and largest city - Perth, population - 2 million. The main sea port of Fremantle. Major cities - Manduria, Banbury, Калгурли, Albany.

In winter, the amplitude of the temperature in the central parts of the region up to 30… 40 ° C at night, with an average temperature of 12… 18 ° C. Sometimes there are frozen, associated not only with the radiation, but also with the invasions of cold air masses from the south.

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