Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Достопримечательности Австралии"

By: Tikhontsov
Vladislav
Australia

Australia of Asia



Australia lies to the south-east of Asia, between the Pacific and
Indian oceans. Its the world’s smallest continent which is almost com-
pletely surrounded by ocean expanses. Its total area is 7,682,300 sq.km.

Topographic regions
The continent of Australia is divided into four general topographic
regions: a low, sandy easter coastal plain, the eastem highlands, the
central plain, and the western plateau. Although Australia has a wide
diversity of climatic conditions, the climate of Australia is gencraly
‘warm and dry, with no extreme cold and little frost. It changes
from comfortably mild in the south to hot in the central interior and north.

Population

‘The total population in 1986 was about 16 min people with the
average population density of about 2 people per sq.km. Most
‘Australians are of British or Irish ancestry. More than 99% of the pop-
ulation speaks English.

Capital of Australia
‘The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia has a federal parlia-
mentary government. The Australian federation was formed on January
1, 1901, from six former British colonies, which thereupon became
states.

The Australian constitution combines the traditions of British
parliamentary monarchy with important elements of the US federal
system. Powers of the federal goverment are enumerated and limited.
‘The government consists of the British sovereign and the Australian Parliament.

Production
‘Australia is the world’s largest wool producer and one of the
world’s largest wheat exporters, The main sources of foreign camings
are wool, food and minerals which also provide raw materials for home
processing industries.

Wool production areas in Australia