What are the geographical features of Queensland?

Answer 1

Queensland is home to the Great Barrier Reef, The only living thing(s) able to be seen from space. It is the World's largest Coral Reef ecosystem. The reef covers more than 300,000 square km and contains more than 600 islands. More than 1500 species of fish, 4000 types of mollusc have been discovered in the reef.

Queensland also is the state that claims the fame to the Daintree Rainforests.

This Rainforest spans across 1200 square kilometres. It is over one hundred and thirty-five million years old - the oldest in the world.

Answer 2

There is no typical weather in Australia.

There is a great deal of variety of weather in Australia due to the fact that it is a vast continent of comparable size to the United states, barring Alaska. Most of the continent lies within the temperate zone, but northern Queensland and the Top End of the Northern Territory experience tropical and sub-tropical weather, with monsoonal rains and cyclones during the summer. This area experiences just two seasons: wet and dry.

By contrast, Tasmania and parts of Victoria can experience both very cool summer temperatures, then sudden jumps to extreme heat. In the centre of the country are dry, desert regions with high daytime temperatures and low amounts of rain.

It is also very dry throughout southern Australia in summer - as witnessed through the tragic bushfires that killed over 100 in Victoria (February 2009). Australia experiences droughts for long periods of time, and associated heatwaves. Yet, at the same time people were losing their lives and homes in Victoria, others along the northern coast of Queensland were losing their homes to floods, with the promise of even more rain to come. Brisbane and regions north along the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range are prone to sudden thunderstorms in summer. Inconsistency is the catchword in Australia - for example, Melbourne and southern Victoria can easily switch from hot and dry one day to cold and wet the next.

Very few places in Australia experience snow, compared to the size of the continent. In Winter, snow falls in the Alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria, and sometimes even in the central tablelands of NSW, near the Blue Mountains and Orange. Tasmania experiences some snow, as does Canberra, less frequently. To show what an unusual country Australia is, snow has even been known to fall in the southern tablelands of Queensland, Australia's "Sunshine State".

The temperature in Australia changes with the seasons, but in general it ranges between highs of 50 degrees Celsius to lows of sub-zero temperatures. These are extremes. Generally, much of Australia ranges between 10 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius at different times of the year. The lowest temperatures reached in Australia, however, are not comparable to the extreme lows experienced in other continents. This is partly because Australia lacks very high mountains and enjoys the presence of warming oceans around its coastal regions.

Australian seasons:

• Summer: December to February
• Autumn: March to May
• Winter: June to August
• Spring: September to November

The weather and rainfall are considerably influenced by El Nina or La Nina conditions in the oceans off South America.

To view details of the weather for various locations in Australia at any given time, see the related link.

Answer 3

Australia's tropical climate, which is found in the far north of the country, is very hot and humid during summer, and hot and drier during winter. Sudden severe storms are common in summer, and this is also the monsoon season, with cyclones and flooding rains. There are two distinct seasons in the tropical climate rather than four: the wet and the dry.

Answer 4

Queensland is a huge state, and the weather may vary. Around the heavily populated areas of southeast Queensland, temperatures average about 24 - 25 degrees Celsius during the day, and the days are usually clear. However, April is the end of the storm and cyclone season, and if the day has been humid, storms with heavy rain and/or hail can suddenly occur towards evening. The further north one travels, the warmer and more humid it becomes.

Inland, the days are pleasant with just a hint of coolness coming in, but the nights are much cooler.

Answer 5

Queensland's climate ranges from tropical in the north, subtropical through central Queensland, warm- temperate in the south, and semi-arid and dry out west.

Answer 6

warm in the year normally