Oxford University Press solutions for Voyage Geography [English] Class 7 chapter 16 - Australia:Location,Area, Political & Physical Features [Latest edition]

Why are the Eastern Highlands called the Great Dividing Range?

Why can’t Australia’s exotic flora and fauna be found anywhere else in the world?

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Australia is located between latitudes ____ and ____ and, between longitudes ____ and ____. So, this Island continent lies wholly in the ______ hemisphere. Australia is the _____ largest country in the world but is the smallest continent. The name Australia comes from the Latin word _______ meaning Southern. The official name is the ___________ of Australia. Some other popular names are the ‘Land of ______’ and the ‘_____ Continent’.

Choose the correct answer

The Great Dividing Range is so-called because:

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The Lake Eyre Basin is called an area of inland drainage because

Name the water bodies that surround Australia.

Identify and name the important line of latitude that passes through the middle of Australia.

Why are the Eastern Highlands called the Great Dividing Range?

What is ‘aquifer’?

What is meant by ‘inland drainage’? Give an example.

Which breed of sheep is mainly reared in Australia?

Identify the four main sheep-rearing states of Australia.

Mention two differences between the rivers that flow down the western and eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range.

Explain an artesian basin and an artesian well.

Why are most of the underground water not suitable for human consumption agriculture?

How are corals formed?

Write three interesting points about the Great Barrier Reef.

On an outline map of Australia, neatly mark and label the following:

1. the capital cities of the states
2. The narrow stretch of water that separates Tasmania from Australia
3. The longest perennial river of Australia
4. The ocean that lies west of Australia
5. A ridge-like feature made up of coral
6. write SHEEP FARMING in an appropriate place on the map where it is practiced.

This is a photograph of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Why do you think this reef is Australia’s biggest tourist attraction.

On an outline map of Australia, mark the boundaries of South Wales-Victoria border different from the other borders? Find out why.

Collect information about the Great Barrier Reef from encyclopedias or the Internet and write a diary describing all you have learned about it in your scrapbook.