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Australia; The name Australia derived from the Latin austral is, meaning southern.  Since the early 20th century, the country has been referred to as Aussie is common colloquially, as an adjective and a noun referring to an Australian.;Geography ;;Area:  -----7.7 million square kilometers ----- The worlds smallest continent and sixth largest country by total area, Australia – owing to its size and isolation is often dubbed the island continent and variably considered the worlds largest island.  ----Australia has 34,218 kilometers of coastline (excluding all offshore islands);2.Geographic regions---The Eastern highlands---The Central-Eastern lowlands---The Western Plateau---the outback usually refer to the interior and the center of the Western Plateau and its northern plains, ---the Red Center an area with red-brown and tan soils in the heart of the country.  the Great Western Plateau: a vast upland made of ancient rock; a land rather flat and about 300 meters above sea level, the interior of the plateau made up of the Great Sandy ;Desert, the Gibson Desert, the Great Victoria Desert and the Nullarbor Plai----- the Eastern Highlands:----- the Great Diving Range* * * the Australian Alps, the highest plateau in Australia; *** Mount Kosciusko, the highest peak in Australia, *** The longest river in Australia: the Murray (2,520 km), form the major part of the boundary between the states of New South Wales and Victoria before it enters the sea in South Australia. -----the central Lowlands: Laky Eyre regarded as Australias largest lake.  ;;3.Climate --- factors that affect Australias climate (1) a hot continent (2) a dry continent (3) causes of the hot and dry climate: ---- latitude: most of Australia lies between 20 to 35 south;---- Australia has few mountains;----the air masses that affect Australia for most of the year are dry，sunny and high pressure cells. ----distance from the ocean also affects the weath