The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight, which straddles the west coast of South Australia and the southeast coast of Western Australia. Nothing is cultivated there, and itis characterised by being flat and treeless, whilst beneath it are vast caves popular with spelunkers. The name is not aboriginal in origin, contrary to popular belief, but rather is derived from the Latin for "no tree".
The Nullarbor Plain
The Eyre Highway crosses the Nullarbor Plain in Australia.
This is the Nullarbor Plain. The name comes from two Latin terms null and arbor, meaning "no tree".
The Nullarbor Plain is a vast, almost treeless semi-arid plain in Australia's south, just north of the Great Australian Bight.The word "Nullarbor" is from two Latin words (nullus arbor) literally meaning "no tree" (Null, from nullus = nothing, arbor = tree).
Nullarbor - Latin , null meaning no or nothing. Arbor meaning trees etc. Nullabor means "no trees" Cause there are no trees on that blasted plain
The Great Victoria Desert is located north of the Nullarbor Plain.
Edward Eyre crossed the Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841.
it means no tree
The first explorer to cross the Nullarbor Plain was Edward John Eyre.
"Nullarbor" is derived from the Latin words "nullus" and "arbor," meaning "no trees." Therefore, "Nullarbor Plains" refers to a vast, treeless plain in southern Australia.
This is the Nullarbor Plain, located directly north of the Great Australian Bight. The name Nullarbor is derived from the Latin for "no tree". It is not an aboriginal word as many people believe.
The Nullarbor Plain. literally null arbor. = no trees.