What is the land area of Australia?

In terms of land area, Australia ranks sixth in the world. The land area is 7.692 million square kilometers.

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.

Australia faces New Zealand across the tasman sea in the east, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands across the Coral Sea in the northeast, and Indonesia and East Timor across the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea in the north.

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Distribution of water system in Australia:

Murray river and Darling River are the two longest rivers in Australia. These two water systems constitute the Murray-Darling Basin, with an area of over 1 10,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 14% of the total area of the mainland.

The longest river is Murray River, which is 2589 kilometers long. Aier Lake is a huge salt lake near the center of the mainland, with an area of over 9000 km ㎡, but it has been dry for a long time.

Australia is the driest continent in the world, and the drinking water is mainly natural precipitation, relying on dams to store water and supply water.

The government forbids the use of groundwater, because once it is exploited, it is difficult to recover it. From 2006 to 2009, the impact of El Ni? o expanded, resulting in a significant decrease in rainfall. Major cities in Australia are generally short of water, and a number of laws restricting water use have been promulgated one after another to save water to tide over the drought.

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