1.5 Australia's major landforms and drainage basins

1. The Western Plateau, the Central Lowlands and the Eastern Highlands.
2. The Australian Alps stretch from the Brindabella Range to the Baw Baw Range.
3. The Alps have been subjected to weathering and erosion.
4. Located 335 km south- west of Alice Springs.
5. Uluru lies on the southern edge of an area known as the Amadeus Basin. For millions of years sediments collected under shallow seas in this depression and were compressed into rock. One of the amazing features of Uluru is the way that it appears to change colour throughout the day. This is due to the way in which the
Sun’s rays pass through the atmosphere.
6. This is due to the way in which the Sun’s rays pass through the atmosphere.
7. An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
8. Murray Darling Basin, Lake Eyre Basin.
9. The Murray, the Darling and the Murrumbidgee.
10. A large amount of water is lost through evaporation.
11. The Finke River only flows on a few days each year.
12. The Franklin River flows for 125 km from the Cheyne Range to the Gordon River in the Tasmanian Wilderness. It has become synonymous with conservation since the 'Battle to save the Franklin' rescued it from damming for hydro- electric power in 1980's.
13. The federal election  and Labor Party supported the conservationists' campaign and they won, the leader  was Bob Hawke.
14. The Murray Darling Basin contains the three longest rivers in Australia, the Murray, the Darling and the Murrumbidgee.
The Darling and its tributaries drain the northern half of the Basin. They contribute 12 % of the flow to the Murray River.
The Murrumbigee and its tributaries drain central and southern NSW. They contribute 13 % of the flow to the Murray River.
The Murray and its tributaries upstream of the Murrumbigee junction drain central and northern Victoria and southern NSW. Under average conditions this region contributes 75 % of the flow to the Murray.
15.
 a. The western plateau has a massive block of igneous and metaphoric rock, with some rocks being over 3.6 billion years old. The region is regarded as relatively flat, as the average elevation is less than 500 metres. This is due to erosion, which has affected this region for millions of years.


The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Great Dividing Range, are a series of hills, valleys and mountains located to the west of the coastal plains. The mountains and hills in the Eastern Highlands were created through a number of processes. Most were created through folding and faulting. Some of the mountains are volcanic


The Central Lowlands account for 25 percent of the continent and are characterised by extremely flat, low-lying plains of sedimentary rock. The sedimentary rocks of the central lowlands were created by sediments, when the inner part of Australia was covered by an inland sea millions of years ago.
b.
i. Western Plateau
ii. Western Plateau
iii. Central Lowlands
iv. Eastern Highlands
v. Western Plateau
c
i. Musgrave Ranges
ii. Simpson Desert
d.
i. 0-200m
ii. 200-500m
iii. 500-1000m
16.
a. Finke River
b.
c. Copper creek
d.
e.