Because it's so big. The water in the clouds coming from the east is generally dropped as they cross the mountains and for most of the time clouds will drop moisture near the coast. It rarely makes it inland very far.
Yes, there are many deserts in Australia. The majority of the land is desert or semi-arid, although there is rich and fertile land around the coasts, and inland in the southeastern quadrant. An estimated 44% percent, or over one-third of Australia is made up of sandy or stony arid desert, while another 37% is semi-arid grassland or scrub.
The three largest deserts in Australia are:
Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)
Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.
The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight. Nothing is cultivated there, and in many respects its aridness places it within the category of desert, but there is little (if any) sand there.
Other deserts include -
Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)
Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)
Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)
Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)
Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)
Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)
Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)
Approximately two-thirds of the Australian continent is desert or semi-desert.
Apart from the tropics, the east coast, Tasmania and a few other pockets of the country, there is very little regular rainfall, no surface water and many of the river courses are near permanently dry.
Much of Australia's prevailing weather conditions are determined by the El-nino effect and the south east of Australia is currently in the 15th year of a drought.
There are nine official deserts in Australia, and other regions which are not officially classified as "desert".
The three largest deserts in Australia are:
Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia): 424,400 km2 (163,900 square miles)
Great Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 284,993 km2 (110,036 square miles)
Tanami Desert (Western Australia and Northern Territory): 184,500 km2 (71,235 square miles)
Each of these deserts is either in or primarily in Western Australia, in the western third of the continent.
The Nullarbor Plain is an arid, limestone region extending for some 270,000 square km above the Great Australian Bight. Nothing is cultivated there, and in many respects its aridness places it within the category of desert, but there is little (if any) sand there.
Other deserts include -
Simpson Desert (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia): 176,500 km2 (68,145 square miles)
Gibson Desert (Western Australia): 156,000 km2 (60,230 square miles)
Little Sandy Desert (Western Australia): 111,500 km2 (43,050 square miles)
Strzelecki Desert (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia): 80,250 km2 (30,985 square miles)
Sturt Stony Desert (South Australia): 29,750 km2 (11,485 square miles)
Tirari Desert (South Australia): 15,250 km2 (5,890 square miles)
Pedirka Desert (South Australia): 1,250 km2 (480 square miles)
Principal Australian Deserts:Central Desert – a central Australian desert
Gibson Desert – a central Australian desert
Great Sandy Desert – a northwestern Australian desert
Great Victoria Desert – the biggest desert in Australia
Little Sandy Desert – a western Australian desert
Simpson Desert – a central Australian desert
Strzelecki Desert – a south-central Australian desert
Tanami Desert – a northern Australian desert
Because of the hunting techniques of the aboriginals. It consisted of burning down forests to scare out the animals, which caused desertification of Australia.
Western Australia.
Antarctica and Australia.
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Desert, which is what Australia is mostly.
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because most of the inland is desert
Central Australia is sparsely populated because it is mostly desert and you can't build house on the desert.
All the deserts of Australia have a hot subtropical desert climate.
They are all on the coastline of Australia. They are like that because it is mostly desert in the middle of Australia and it is very cool by the coasts.
There are major cities in Australia although, because of Australia's smaller population, they are certainly not among the world's most populated cities.The largest city in Australia is Sydney, with a population of around 3.68 million people, ranks at number 80 on the list of the world's largest cities.
Central Australia Simpson Desert Northern Territory and South Australia
No, Australia is not located in a desert. However, there are deserts located in Australia.