6. LAND RELIEF AND WATER DISTRIBUTION IN OCEANIA

Oceania is the smallest continent. It is made up of different islands: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand,

Tasmania, Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.

LOCATE ON THE PHYSICAL MAP THE LAND RELIEF OF OCEANIA (and the distribution of water):

MOUNTAINS - Great Dividing Range (Gran Cordillera) – Bismarck Range –

Australian Alps - Southern Alps – Puncak Jaya (4.884 metres, the

highest Mountain of Oceania).

PENINSULAS - York Peninsula.

DESSERTS - Great Sandy Desert – Great Victoria Desert.

ISLANDS/ARCHIPELAGOS - Australasia: Australia (the largest island in the world), New Zealand

and Melanesia.

- Melanesia: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Vanuatu, New

Caledonia, Solomon Islands… (More than 10.000 islands).

- Micronesia: Mariana, Guam, Caroline, Gilbert… (about 600 islands)

- Polynesia: Samoa, Tahiti, Cook… (about 1.000 islands).

CAPES/GULFS/BAYS - Gulf of Carpentaria – Great Australian Bight – Cape Leeuwin – Cape

York

RIVERS - Murray – Darling.

LAKES - Lake Eyre

SEAS AND OCEANS - Coral Sea – Timor Sea – Tasman Sea (Mar de Tasmania) - Arafura

Sea – Indian Ocean – Pacific Ocean.