HOW BIG IS AUSTRALIA?
Australia is a huge country. Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7,688,287 km2, it accounts for just 5 % of the world's land area of 149,450,000 km2, and although it is the smallest continental land mass, it is the world's largest island. (Geoscience Australia 2024)
Australia has 25,760 km of coastline. (CIA Factbook 2024)
Australia's size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with subtropical rain forests in the north-east, mountain ranges in the south-east, south-west and east areas and a dry desert in its centre. (Wikipedia 2024)
Australia has 25,760 km of coastline. (CIA Factbook 2024)
Australia's size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with subtropical rain forests in the north-east, mountain ranges in the south-east, south-west and east areas and a dry desert in its centre. (Wikipedia 2024)
About 4000 kms from east to west !
About 3200 kms from south to north !
The map below shows that the majority of Europe can easily fit into Australia.
Image c/o https://www.thetruesize.com/
The map below shows that my Australian State, the State of South Australia is far bigger than all that of the United Kingdom.
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The map below shows the United States of America superimposed over Australia.
Image c/o https://www.thetruesize.com/
References.
- CIA (2022). Australia - The World Factbook. [online] www.cia.gov. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/australia/. {viewed 15 Jul 2024}
- Geoscience Australia (2023). Australia’s Size Compared. [online] www.ga.gov.au. Available at: https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/australias-size-compared#:~:text=Australia%20is%20the%20planet. {viewed 15 Jul 2024]
- Wikipedia (2019). Australia. [online] Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia. {viewed 15 Jul 2024)