1.5

Chapter 1.5

1.     1, The western plateau, the Central Lowlands, and the Eastern Highlands

2.     2, The alps stretch from the Brindabella range north of Canberra to the Baw Baw Range east of Melbourne.

3.     3, They are rounded as they are very prone to erosion and weathering over millions of  years

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5.     5, 35 km south west of Alice Springs

6.     6, Uluru lies on the southern edge of an area known as the Amadeus Basin. Millions of years sediments have been collected under the rock and compressed into actual rock. The Rocks erode and result in it growing and leaving Uluru exposed

7.     7, An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries

8.     8, Murray Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin

9.     9, Murray – Darling

Lake Eyre Basin

Franklin River remains wild and free

10.  10, Evaporation

11.  11, The oldest river bad In the world. Only flows a few days each year

12.  12, 125 KM from the Cheyne range it has become synonymous with conservation in Australia ever since the ‘Battle to Save the Franklin’ rescued it from damming for hydroelectric power in 1980s.

13.  13, High Court of Australia in July 1983 that gave commonwealth power over the states.

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15.  15. Western Plateau; The Western Plateau is Australia's largest drainage division and is composed predominantly of the remains of the ancient rock shield ofGondwanaland. It incorporates two thirds of the continent; 2,700,000 square kilometres of arid land including large parts of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. For comparison, it is roughly four times the size of Texas, or the same size as the whole of continental Europe from Poland west to Portugal. It is Australia's largest drainage division.  

Central Lowlands; The Central Lowlands orMidland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south. The Central Lowlands are one of the three main geographical sub-divisions of Scotland, the other two being the Highlands and Islands which lie to the north and west and the Southern Uplands, which lie south of the associated second fault line.

Eastern Highlands; The Eastern or 'East African Highlands'is a mountain range in the east of Zimbabwe and one of 4 distinct physiographic divisions on the African continent.

B) i. Western Plauteau

     ii. Western Plauteau

     iii. Central Lowlands

     iv. Eastern Highlands

     v. Western Plateau

C) i) 0 200

     ii) 200 500

16.  16. a, ii., iii., iv., v.

b, 100km

c, Cooper Creek

d, Sturt Stony Desert

e, South East