1.5 Questions: Australia's Major Landforms

1. Western Plateau, Central Lowlands, Eastern Highlands

2. They stretch from the Brindabella Range to the Baw Baw Range.

3. Because they erosion of water have rounded the mountains.

4. 335 kilometers South-West of Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

5. Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock is located in the Nothern Territory. It is land owned by the Aboriginals and is a sacred place. The gigantic rock was formed 300 million years ago when the water receded rocks were folded and tilted nearly 90 degrees to their current position forming Uluru. One amazing feature of Uluru is that it appears to change colour throughout the day.

6. This is because the sun's rays pass through the atmosphere.

7. It is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.

8. Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin

9. Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee

10. Goes to evaporation

11. It only flows a few days each year and is thought to be one of the oldest river beds in the world.

12. Flows for 125km from Cheyne Range to the Gordon River in the state of Tasmania. From the "Battle to Save the Franklin" rescued it from damning for hydro-electric power in the 1980s.

13. The High Court of Australia ruling  that gave the Commonwealth power over the states and territories to protect nationally important environments.

14. I believe that the control of the water in the Murray-Darling Basin should be controlled by the Australian Government as they know the best ways of distributing water to the states. But many human impacts on the Murray river have made the Basin unclean and polluted. This has to be stopped and something must be done by the Government in order to have safe and cleaner water.

15. a) Western Plateau: Much of the Western Plateau is desert with mountains and ranges.
Central Lowlands: The central lowlands is also mostly covered in desert with a few ranges as well.
Easter Highlands: The eastern highlands has the Great Dividing Range, many rivers flowing through it and the area if filled with bushland.

b) i: Western Plateau
ii: Western Plateau
iii: Central Lowlands
iv: Eastern Highlands
v: Western Plateau

c) Musgrave Ranges is the highest point between Shark Bay and Maroochydore and the Simpson Desert is the lowest point between the two places.

d) i: Below sea level
ii: 200-500m
iii: 500-1000m

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