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1、TheClimateandLocationofAustraliaTheClimateandLocationofAustralialocationandsizeAtfirst,pleaselookatthesemapsaboutAustraliafromthismapswecanseethatAustralialiesinthesouthernHemisphere,betweentheIndianOceanandthePacificOcean.Thecountryissurroundedbysea:theArafuraSeaonthenorthand
2、thesouthernIndianOceanonthesouth.ThefullnameofAustraliaisTheCommonwealthofAustralia,whichconsistsofmainlandAustralia,theislandofTasmaniaandsomesmallerislands.Thewholecountryisdividedintosevenparts:WesternAustralis（西澳大利亞州),NorthernTerritory(北領(lǐng)地),SouthAustralia(南澳大利亞州),Queenslan
3、d(昆士蘭州),Victoria(維克多利亞州),NewsouthWales(南威爾士州)Tasmania(塔斯馬尼亞).Climatelookatthismapsandthinkaboutfollowingquestions.Question1:whichmonthsarethehottest/coldestmonthsinAustralia?andwhy.Question2:theresonwhytheclimateofAustraliavariesfromregiontoregion.Question3：Wherearethecountry'
4、slowestrainfallandwettestareas.TherainfallandclimatetypiesofAustraliathekeysofAustralianclimate1.AustralialiesintheSoutherHemisphere,whichmeansthatitsseasonsarethereverseofthoseinNorthernHemisphere.JanuaryandFebruaryarethehottestmonths,whileJuneandJulyarethecoldestmonths.2.The
5、climateofAustrialiavariesfromregiontoregionduetoitsdifferernttypesoflandscapesandrainfalls.Inthetropicalareaofthenorth,itiswarmextremelyhotalltheyearroundandthereisnowinter;Thetemperateregionsofthesouthenjoysamoderateclimate,withhotsummersandmildwinters;Thehighlandsandplateaus
6、ofTasmaniaandsoutheasternportionofthemainlandarethecoldestareas.3.ThearidityofAustraliastemsfromitsproximitytoequator,thedesertsofthecentralandweaternregionhaveanannualrainfalloflessthan250millimeters.LakeEyrehasthelowestrainfallinthiscountry,whilethenorthernQueenslandareaenjo
7、ysthewettestclimate.
