Which country does AU stand for?

The word Australia, originally meaning "the continent of the south", comes from the Latin terraaustralis. As early as more than 40,000 years ago, the aborigines lived and multiplied in this land of Australia, and the total number of aborigines in Australia was 413,000 (data of 5438+0 census in 2006).

Australia is located between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and consists of islands and overseas territories such as Australia and Tasmania. It borders the Coral Sea and tasman sea in the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the Indian Ocean and its marginal seas in the west, north and south. It is the only country in the world that monopolizes a continent.

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Australia is the only country in the world whose territory covers the whole continent. According to relevant international geographical standards, the Australian continent is defined as the smallest continent in the world, that is, any land smaller than it is regarded as an island (so the largest island in the world is Greenland), and any land larger than or equal to it can be regarded as a continent.

Similarly, thanks to the relatively closed geographical location and the history of being discovered late for reclamation and development, a large number of indigenous natural heritages in Australia rarely encounter all kinds of development and destruction, so that many ancient and precious animal and plant species born in Sri Lanka have survived to this day.

Such as platypus, kangaroo, koala bear, etc., also constitute a very high tourism and scientific research value, and the Australian government also attaches great importance to the protection of these precious natural relics. Australia and the United States are countries with the largest natural heritage in the world.

Reference materials? Baidu Encyclopedia-Australia