Dec 272022
Australian Land Facts  – Try A Quiz

Amazing facts about Australia land. Take a quiz to find out how much you know about this great country.

How many questions you can answer correctly.

 1. What is the highest point in Australia? 
a. Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales
b. Mawson Peak on Heard Island
c.Mount Isa in Queensland
Answer : Mawson Peak on Heard Island
2. Which state has the longest border of all the Australian states and territories? 
a.New South Wales
b.Queensland
c.South Australia
Answer : New South Wales
3. Which state shares a border with all the mainland states and the Northern Territory in Australia? 
a. Western Australia
b. South Australia
c. Queensland
Answer : South Australia
4. Australia is the lowest continent in the world. What is its average elevation?
a.  330 metres
b.  750 metres
c.  1,250 metres
Answer : 330 metres
5. The world’s highest mountain is Mount Everest at 8,848 metres. How does this compare to Australia’s Mount Kosciuszko? 
a. Mt. Everest is twice as high
b. Mt. Everest is 3 times higher
c. Mt. Everest is 4 times higher
d. Mt. Everest is 5 times higher
Answer :  Mt. Everest is 4 times higher
6. How long is the Murray-Darling river system measured from its source in Queensland to its mouth on the coast south-east of Adelaide? 
a.2,798 kilometres long
b.3,370 kilometres long
c.4,169 kilometres long
d. 5,002 kilometres long
Answer : 3,370 kilometres long
7. What is the largest desert in Australia? Tanami in Northern Territory
a. Great Sandy in Western Australia
b. Gibson in Western Australia
c. Great Victoria in Western Australia and South Australia
 d.Simpson in Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory
Answer : Great Victoria in Western Australia and South Australia
8. Apart from Antarctica, Australia is the driest continent in the world.
    Because it receives so little rain, about 35 % of the continent is effectively desert.
    In total, 70 % of mainland Australia receives how much rain?

a. less than  50 cm  (19.7 inches) of rain annually
 b.less than  75 cm  (29.5 inches) of rain annually
c. less than 122 cm (48.0 inches) of rain annually
d. less than 200 cm (78.7  inches) of rain annually
Answer :  less than  50 cm  (19.7 inches) of rain annually

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