Geography of English Speaking Countries
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Australia has two big rivers, the Murray and the Darling, and three great lakes: Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner. The highest mountain is Mount Kosciusko discovered by a Polish scientist in the Australian Alps in the south-east of New South Wales. Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas) is an island state located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian continent.
Australia has many different kinds of climate: tropical in the north, continental in the interior, subtropical or temperate in the rest of the continent.
The capital of Australia is Canberra. It is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory. The other cities are Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth.
New Zealand
New Zealand is to be found south-east of Australia. It consists of two large islands, the North Island and the South Island. New Zealand is mainly mountainous. Mount Cook in the South Island is the highest mountain in NZ. The North Island is predominantly famous for its volcanic area. At also has many small lakes. The climate is very pleasant all the year round.
The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island.
The USA
With an area of more than 9 million square kilometres, the US is the third largest country in the world, and the geography is very varied. There are mountains (highlands) in the West – Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and in the East – Appalachian Mountains. The highest peak in the USA is Mount McKinley in Alaska Range which is 6.194m high. The middle part of the USA is mostly lowlands (prairies, plans). The land is used for farming, especially around the Mississippi River. There are deserts in the South-West. The landscape of the USA can be separated into six regions: Northeast – industrial, highly populated, the oldest part, Southeast – farms (agricultural), Central Basin – Mississippi River, farms, Great Plains, Mountains and Deserts, Coast Valley. The rivers that run form the middle to the Atlantic Ocean are short (e.g. the Hudson). The most important river is Mississippi which rises in Minnesota and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Other rivers are the Rio Grande, the Yukon, the Colorado.
The climate varies from tropical in Hawaii to arctic in Alaska; however, most states have either mild or continental weather.