Australia澳大利亚人文地理.ppt

Australia The geography of Australia encompasses a wide variety of biogeographic regions being the worlds smallest continent but the sixth-largest country in the world. The population of Australia is concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts. The geography of the country is extremely diverse, ranging from the snow-capped mountains of the Australia Alps and Tasmania to large deserts, tropical and temperate forests. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north,the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the east,and New Zealand to the southeast. 到目前为止，澳大利亚最大的部分是干旱或半干旱地区，总共有18％的澳大利亚大陆是沙漠。只有东南和西南的角落，气候温和，适度肥沃的土壤。国家的北部属热带气候：一部分是热带雨林，一部分是草原，还有一部分是沙漠。 By far the largest part of Australia is arid or semi-arid. A total of 18% of Australias mainland is desert. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately fertile soil. The northern part of the country has a tropical climate: Part is tropical rainforests,part grasslands, and part desert. The economy of Australia is one of the most developed market economies in the world and the most productive in South Pacific, with a GDP of approximately US$1.6 trillion. Australias total wealth is 6.4 trillion dollars. In 2011, it was the 13th largest national economy by nominal GDP and the 17th-largest measured by PPP adjusted GDP, about 1.7% of the world economy. External debt is $1.169 trillion (31 December 2010 est.). Australia is the 19th-largest importer and 19th-largest exporter. Economy of Australia is quarterly forecasted by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Australian National University also supplements Probabilistic interest rate setting project for the Australian Economy, which is compiled by Shadow Board Members from the ANU academic staff. 澳大利亚的经济是世界上最发达的市场经济体之一，同时也是南太平洋最有生产力的国家，国内生产总值约1.6万亿美元。国家总财富为6.4万亿美元。在2011年，它在国内生产总值上是第13大经济体，若按本地生产总值购买力来衡量的话则排名17，占世界经济1.7％左右。它的外债总额为11690亿美元（截至2011年12月31日）。澳大利亚是第1