Chapter 32 - Oceania Physical Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Great Dividing Range | Australia's largest mountain range, stretches along Australia's eastern coast |
| Great Barrier Reef | the world's largest coral reef |
| Fraser Island | world's largest sand island |
| atolls | low islands formed by the buildup of coral reefs on the rims of submerged volcanoes |
| North Island and South Island | Names of the two islands that make up New Zealand |
| Tasman Sea | Sea the separates Australia and New Zealand |
| Coral Sea | Sea off the northeast coast of Australia that contains the Great Barrier Reef |
| Manuka | a shrub native to New Zealand that carpets the islands' volcanic landscape |
| Tasmania | state of Australia and an island off the southeastern coast of the main island. |
| Australia | The name of a continent, country, and island. |
| Canberra | The capital of Australia |
| Wellington | The capital of New Zealand |
| feral | animals that are not necessarily wild but do not rely on humans |
| invasive species | plants or animals introduced to an region by humans that spread out of human control |
| marsupials | mammals whose young must mature in a pouch after they are born. |
| Uluru | also known as "Ayer's Rock" - it is a giant rock monolith in Australia's Northern Territory that is sacred ground to the Aborigines |
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