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How do Banksia trees benefit from bushfires when they occur in Australia?
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Banksia trees benefit from bush fires because they need the smoke to make its seeds
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Where does a bushfire never occur in Australia?
Bushfires can occur virtually anywhere in Australia. As well as bushland, woodlands and forests such as pine plantations, bushfires can occur in grasslands, alpine areas, scrubby deserts and even within bushland refuges in the city. The only place they cannot occur is in the sandy desert or gibber desert.
How common are wildfires in Australia?
Bushfires, as they are properly called in Australia, are very common, particularly during the summer months. Parts of southern Australia, where the summers can be very hot and dry for extended periods of time, are particularly bushfire-prone. Bushfires occur throughout Australia, wherever the vegetation becomes dried out and easily ignited during heatwaves or drought. A common cause of bushfires is when tinder-dry vegetation is struck by lightning.There have been several significant bushfires that have caused great devastation and loss of life in Australia since European settlement. The Black Friday bushfires (1939), Ash Wednesday bushfires (1983), Canberra bushfires (2003) and Black Saturday bushfires (2009) have been among Australia's worst natural disasters.
Which Australian states did wildfires recently occur?
Australia does not have wildfires; it has bushfires.Victoria is most commonly the scene of major bushfires, but bushfires occurred in all the mainland states in the summer of 2009-2010.
How many bushfires are there in Victoria?
It is impossible to determine how many bushfires there have been in Australia. Bushfires, in varying degrees of severity, occur almost daily in different localities during the warmer months, beginning around late August in parts of Queensland. They reach their peak during mid-summer, with perhaps hundreds occurring through Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia on a daily basis. Many of these are small spot-fires which are easily extinguished. Major flare-ups occur less often.
What areas of the world are most affected by forest fires?
"Bushfire" is the term used for a forest fire or wildfire in Australia. They are also called bushfires in New Zealand.
What does bushfires look like when they occur?
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When did the Ash Wednesday bushfires occur?
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia started on 16 February 1983 which was, ironically, "Ash Wednesday" in the Christian calendar. That is why the fires are so named.The bushfires lasted for two days.
How many bushfires occur in a year in Australia?
According to the Australian Government's website, and backed by data from the Australian Institute of Criminology, there are roughly 52,000 bushfires every year. Actual figures may vary from 46,000 to 62,000 per year.
Do bushfires occur in a seasonal or clinical pattern in Australia?
Bushfires, in varying degrees of severity, occur almost daily in different localities during the warmer months, beginning around late August in parts of Queensland. They reach their peak during mid-summer, with perhaps hundreds occurring through Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia on a daily basis. Many of these are small spot-fires which are easily extinguished. Major flare-ups occur less often.
What is the last natural disaster to occur in Australia?
Drought remains an ongoing natural disaster, but early in 2009, Australia was hit badly by both bushfires in Victoria, in the south and massive floods in Queensland's north.
How common are bushfires in Australia?
Bushfires in Australia are very common during summer. However, bushfires like the massive Black Saturday fires across Victoria in February 2009, which killed almost 200 people, only occur every few decades. Prior to Black Saturday, the worst fires were Ash Wednedsay (1983) and Black Friday (1939). In between, there have been some deadly bushfires that killed a smaller number of people (Canberra 2003; Eyre Peninsula 2005). In other years, many areas may be threatened by bushfires, particularly in the south and over in Western Australia, leading to huge property losses.
How frequently does a bushfire occur?
Bushfires are common in Australia. They can occur with equal force in grasslands and in bushland. They tend to occur more in the southern states, where summers are hot and dry, but they are also common up the coast of New South Wales, and in limited regions of Queensland, such as the area around Rockhampton.
